#Microsoft team foundation server cloud code#

By making TFS generally available now, Microsoft is saying that it's ready for daily use and can be used to host and build any kind of projects, including commercial ones. If that makes it sound like TFS might still be a little half-baked, it's true to an extent вЂ“ but at least nobody has to pay for it. 'Until then, you will want to think carefully about your requirements before you choose between the cloud and on-prem solutions.' 'Over time, all of these gaps will be addressed and Team Foundation Service will enable virtually everything you can do with our on-premises product,' Harry wrote. As Microsoft Technical Fellow Brian Harry explained in a blog post, the reporting features are 'extremely limited,' and TFS does not yet integrate with Active Directory or other Microsoft enterprise server products, among other omissions. Longtime Team Foundation Server users may notice other features missing from the hosted TFS, too. In particular, for now it can only build Windows desktop apps, Java projects, and web apps.* Microsoft has yet to announce any plans to broaden it to more languages and platforms.

#Microsoft team foundation server cloud code#

Project maintainers can decide how often they want to generate new builds: either on demand, nightly, or continuously after each new code check-in.Д«ut although Microsoft says other aspects of TFS are 'production ready,' the build-service component is still considered a preview and it does have some limitations. Perhaps the most powerful feature of TFS as compared to competing code management services, however, is its cloud-based build service, which can take uploaded source code and automatically generate executables, ready for users or testers to download from Microsoft's servers. Team Foundation Service's project management dashboards sport a Windows 8 feel (click to enlarge)