Team Foundation Server(TFS) has been one of the popular and widely used source control systems in the software industry. TFS is a proprietary software unlike SVN and Git the other popular source control systems.Individual's and small companies instead of purchasing licensed TFS used to turn to open source version controls like SVN for maintaining their source code . But now the Microsoft is giving TFS for free through its Visual Studio Online Cloud services, though with some restrictions on commercial use.
It's a great opportunity for the people who wanted to experiment,learn and set up their own TFS for free.
Following the below steps anybody can easily set up the TFS with the help of Visual Studio Online.
1)Visit the visualstudio.com website.Click here for details on visual studio online sign up link.
2)Click on the Sign Up link as shown in below image.
3)It will take you to login.live.com for Microsoft account Sign in.Sign in with your Microsoft account credentials if you already have,otherwise Sign up for Microsoft account with the help of Sign up now link as shown in below image.
4)Once user successfully logins with the Microsft account,Create a Visual Studio Online Account page will be displayed.Now the user has to enter the mandatory details and Account URL as shown in below image.
5)After entering the details click on Create Account button to create your visual studio online account.Now your account is created with the URL entered.This URL is your source control URL for all the future projects.
Now create your team project where your code is hosted and work will be tracked.
Enter the name of the project, Select the process template as Agile or Scrum for work tracking and finally select version control as Team Foundation Version Control.
6)Click on Create project.Now MyExperiments project is set up under TFS version control.This free Visual Studio Online account supports up to 5 users.
It's a great opportunity for the people who wanted to experiment,learn and set up their own TFS for free.
Following the below steps anybody can easily set up the TFS with the help of Visual Studio Online.
1)Visit the visualstudio.com website.Click here for details on visual studio online sign up link.
2)Click on the Sign Up link as shown in below image.
4)Once user successfully logins with the Microsft account,Create a Visual Studio Online Account page will be displayed.Now the user has to enter the mandatory details and Account URL as shown in below image.
5)After entering the details click on Create Account button to create your visual studio online account.Now your account is created with the URL entered.This URL is your source control URL for all the future projects.
Now create your team project where your code is hosted and work will be tracked.
Enter the name of the project, Select the process template as Agile or Scrum for work tracking and finally select version control as Team Foundation Version Control.
6)Click on Create project.Now MyExperiments project is set up under TFS version control.This free Visual Studio Online account supports up to 5 users.
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