Team Foundation server on the cloud

 

Cloud has been a hot topic in the past one or two years. With the gradual maturity of related concepts, markets, and technologies, cloud is no longer at the conceptual level, but there is a real product. Microsoft's azure series (such as Windows azure and SQL azure) and Office 365 are all cloud-based products. In addition, Microsoft is also moving the team Foundation server to the cloud. Brian Harry posted a new
"Invite code" that gives you a free, preemptive experience of TFS on Azure on http://tfspreview.com.

TFS on azure uses Windows Live ID for registration and login, after registration will get a dedicated TFs access URL-https://XXX.tfspreview.com. The welcome interface is concise and refreshing. All projects are displayed on the left, and a group of work options are displayed on the right:

 

Next, you can create a project, which is consistent with the TFS project creation process used in the same time:

 

 

The following is a project's main operation interface. You can create and manage code, work items, defects, and so on. Currently, the TFS project and the team Foundation server project we have installed have similar functions. As you learn more, you may find their differences.

 

Simply put, you can start creating and managing your own TFs project without any effort, which was unimaginable in the past. Early TFS, such as 2005 and 2008, had complicated installation and configuration processes. Although TFs 2010 greatly simplifies the installation, compared with the TFS on the cloud, the latter has a much lower cost in initial creation and is easier to use.