Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server

Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server is what powers the collaboration aspects of the Visual Studio Team System. When used in conjunction with the Visual Studio Team System, Team Foundation Server enables you to effortlessly manage and track the progress and health of your projects with features such as enterprise-grade source code control and integrated work item tracking and reporting. Its integrated process methodology helps ensure more efficient and predictable software development.

Team Foundation Server empowers development teams to do great work by integrating the most critical aspects of software development - version control, work item tracking, and reporting - together into a single, secure collaboration platform. Projects managed by Team Foundation Server benefit from integrated guidance - both custom defined and industry-recognized best-practices to ensure predictable, successful results.

Manage Change Successfully

• Change is the only constant in today's competitive business environment; Team Foundation Server is a productive and effective solution for managing change that is suitable for organizations of all size.
• Change affects everyone in an organization; Team Foundation Server enables organizations to communicate changes in a timely, friction-free manner.
• Source code files, business requirements and artwork are just a few examples of the diverse types of assets that are crucial for a business; Team Foundation Server provides efficient, secure and reliable storage for assets of all shapes and sizes in one central place.
• The cost of governance and auditing can be daunting; Team Foundation Server's integration with industry-leading development tools and productivity suites ensures that teams can capture the data they need for governance and auditing automatically, without additional overhead.

Bring Teams Together

• Successful teams collaborate to add value; Team Foundation Server enables teams to collaborate successfully - no matter what geographic, organizational or physical boundaries separate them.
• Team Foundation Server provides seamless synchronization with existing enterprise infrastructures and productivity tools to maximize productivity and existing investments.
• Team Foundation Server is built on standards-driven platforms such as XML Web Services and HTTP; this enables support for the heterogeneous platforms and networks that are common-place, but seldom recognized by current tools in today's business environments.

Continuously Improve

• Capture best practices with customizable process templates in Team Foundation Server to promote success across all of your teams.
• Team Foundation Server enables agile teams to interact, collaborate and respond to change successfully with industry-leading guidance such as Microsoft Solutions Framework.
• Make business decisions based on accurate, real-time reports built from Team Foundation Server's central data warehouse.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2005: Team Editions Comparison

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