Synergize2Energize TFS Sessions -Review
I happened to the attend the recent Synergize2Engergize TFS sessions at Hyderabad on 23rd of this month. In general the sessions were good, and especially the sessions by Tejaswi Kumar were very good.
Majority of the audience seemed matured enough to already have some knowledge about the technology. Many of them were either implementing TFS in their projects or were planning to implement the same.
I had to miss the last 30 minutes as i ahd to rush back to office to respond to an RFP, so do not know what happened at that time, but in general below were the common questions asked by audience during the sessions
How many users can connect to TFS
[Answer] 3500 users on the TFS Server
Why do we have only 'Windows' team explorer. My PM uses Macintosh at home, why there is no team explorer for other Platforms
[Answer] Microsoft would provide tools for Windows platform only. However third party vendors can extend the APIs to build for other platforms as well
Microsoft now have two version controls, VSS and TFS Source control. How to decide when to use which one
[Answer] TFS is more than just a source control. I's an integarted environement with source control, build automations along with process implementations. Whereas VSS is only a source control. For large teams spread across geographical locations TFS would be a better choice. Smaller teams can continue to use VSS
Database objects checkins from SQLServer 2005 is now possible for VSS, but is it available for TFS Source control?
[Answer] A Database developer SKU called 'VS Team Edition for Database Developers' would be released sometime in November. That would have source control integration with SQLServer 2005
Are there any statistics available on migration from VSS to TFS Source control
[Answer] Microsoft is currently doing lot of dog fooding on internal applications and would come up with the statistics soon
Do i need to know XML for changing the process customization templates. Are there any tools to do that
[Answer] There is a PTE (Process template Editor) that comes with VSIP SDK for industry partners . And there are some third party tools also available.
I work on a multiple technology project like .NET,Java, PHP etc. Can i use TFS for source control and build automation for other technologies as well.
[Answer] Microsoft provides a set of services and APIs that can be extended to develop for other technologies. Using the same many third party vendors have come up with good tools. Some details can be found at http://www.teamsystemrocks.com