Installation Guides

Posted Wednesday, August 06, 2008 1:25 AM by cromwellryan

This evening I completed my first split-server (or dual server as it's called in the guide) installation of Team Foundation Server 2008.  I've installed TFS a few times now in single-server mode which is pretty crazy easy when you consider what you get (way more than SVN or CVS by themselves).  Throughout the entire process I actually found myself RTFM step -by-step.  For all the grief that Microsoft receives, you have to give them a ton of credit for their manuals, guides, and walk-throughs.

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# re: Installation Guides

Wednesday, August 20, 2008 9:25 AM by Justin Kohnen

Ryan-

I didn't know TFS had a dual server ability, cool. Thanks for posting.

Also, you have to be fair to SVN and CVS. You're comparing apples to oranges. SVN and CVS weren't designed to be a full SDLC tool.

I agree TFS rocks and it's version control is getting better and better. When you compare TFS's vc to SVN, SVN still wins.

# re: Installation Guides

Wednesday, August 20, 2008 9:41 AM by cromwellryan

There are definitely a lot of things about SVN (and CVS) that I prefer.  Small footprint and the ability to readily install a new server are just two.  On the client end, not so much.  I like my Source Control integrated into Visual Studio and I've not found a compelling replacement for AnkhSVN that I like nearly as much as TFS/VSS integrated Source Control.

Also, while TFS is 10000% better than VSS over the network, SVN still wins.

I will say though, at this point, there is no comparable story on the SVN front for TFS.  Yes there are tools you can piece-meal together for tracking Issues with checkins, but it's rather loose and cumbersome.  I think there are slightly different, though merging, audiences for SVN and TFS at this point.

A MiniTFS would be my personal request from the Team.  A version build on SQL Express or Compact Edition that I can do a no-touch deployment of on my machine and just run.  No IIS needed, just self hosted WCF services.

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