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Visual Studio Team System

I have been looking into pricing and features of the new visual studio team
system.

It is unfortunate that this product is being pitched at the enterprise
market to the exclusion of smaller teams, which could do with the
functionality.

Here are some of my favourite features:

- A SQL server based replacement for Visual SourceSafe, finally !
- Code Coverage tools to show how much of the code was actually tested by
test scripts
- Integrated FxCop functionality
- Better assignment of tasks to team members which feeds back into the
project plan automatically
- Team Edition for Database Professionals allows for source control of a
database schema

Here is a good overview article for Team System.

FTPOnline
(You may need free registration to view some of the pages.)

Here is some information on VSTS licensing costs from a Microsoft blog

Also, here is a good article regarding MSDN licensing and the target market
for VSTS

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Personally, I think Microsoft made a mistake in setting expectations when
they originally said Team System was designed for teams of 5 or more people.
I suppose Microsoft will eventually refine this product to the point where
it is more appropriate for smaller teams. But right now and for the
indefinite future, it is inconceivable to me that a 5 person team would want
to install and use this thing. I envision 5 people trying to take a 747 jet
to McDonalds for a burger when a minivan will obviously get them there more
efficiently.

I crossed paths recently with a company who I consider to be a pretty good
target customer for Team System. Let's call them XYZ Corporation. They
have 8,000 developers. Their source control repository is 15 terabytes.
These people have a whole different class of problems, and those problems
are the ones that Team System is being designed to solve. When Microsoft
claims that Team System is designed for the enterprise customer, they're not
kidding.
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