Deployment Features in Orcas

Feature List for Orcas

1. New Orcas Setup: Consolidation of multiple Setup SKUs into one single Setup SKU. You don't have to worry about different setups for AT vs DT vs ATDT.
2. Upgrade from VS 2005 TFS to Orcas.
   1. Customers can upgrade from RTM or SP1
   2. If you uninstalled Whidbey before starting Orcas setup. Orcas setup will still be able to upgrade your environment.
   3. We have verified working of Upgrade on SQL Cluster
3. Support for WSS3.0
   1. Orcas setup will automatically install and configure WSS3.0 for you.
   2. You can use existing WSS farms. We support both WSS2.0 and WSS3.0 farms.
   3. You can also use existing MOSS 2007 infrastructure
4. Supports Network Service so customers don't have to change their TFS Service account passwords every few months. You still need to use domain accounts for Reporting data sources for security reasons.
5. Named Instance. You don't have to depend on default instance of SQL Server any more. I have already blogged about the options available to you.
6. Port Flexibility: We have verified that TFS works on non 8080 ports.
7. Longhorn support: Customers will be able to run TFS on Longhorn server

Analysis services flexibility: It is possible for customers to move Analysis services to different box than TFS DT machine.