TFS & Visual Studio ALM – by Neno Loje

Ever wondered what you get when you pay the few thousand dollars for a Team Foundation Server [1]?

Contents of the Product Box:

• Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server (1 CD with Microsoft Genuine hologram [2])
• MSDN Library (3 CDs)

On the Team Foundation Server CD, labeled “VSTFD1”, you’ll find the following folders:

• \: Team Foundation Server Installation [3] & Administrator’s Guides [4]
• \atdt: Team Foundation Server (For Single-Server installations)
• \at & \dt: Team Foundation Server – Application and Data Tier (for Dual-Server installations)
• \build: Team Foundation Server Build (aka Team Build)
• \KB913393: Hotfix KB913393 for ASP.NET [5]
  • “The asp.net hotfix is to be able to support large files attachments in asp.net.  Currently TFS rely on this functionality to be existing and would fail if it is not.” [6]
• \proxy: Team Foundation Proxy
• \SQLServerKB: Hotfix KB914595 for SQL Server [7]
  • “The SQL hotfix is for analysis services to fix some issues emerging during the processing of cubes in the warehouse that affect performance and cause other undesired behaviors.” [6]
• \tfc: Team Foundation Client (aka Team Explorer)

[1] msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/teamsystem/team/

[2] www.microsoft.com/resources/howtotell/en/re/9fdcc2af-6b86-4ee8-9b71-90cebe8626e6.mspx

[3] www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=E54BF6FF-026B-43A4-ADE4-A690388F310E&displaylang=en

[4] www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2AED0ECC-1552-49F1-ABE7-4905155E210A&displaylang=en

[5] support.microsoft.com/kb/913393/en-us

[6] forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=250304&SiteID=1

[7] support.microsoft.com/kb/914595/en-us