03 November 2005
Visual Studio Team Explorer or What Can You Do with A TFS CAL?
This is not 100% complete but I have been getting a lot of questions from my licensing partners and Ajay Sudan kindly supplied this list.
Please understand it is a work in progress and may be updated as needed.
The Visual Studio Team Explorer is included with every Team Foundation Server CAL. A Team Foundation Server CAL is included with every Visual Studio Team Edition or can be purchased separately. The Visual Studio Team Explorer provides the following functionality:
Team Projects
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Create/edit/delete Team Projects
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Assign permissions and groups
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Create/modify Team Project classifications
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Create/modify Team Project hierarchies
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Import/export methodologies
Source Code Control
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Checkin/checkout of source files
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Shelve/unshelve changesets
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Create branches
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Integrate changesets (single or all) between branches
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Merge branches
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Associate work items with check-ins
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Configure Checkin notes
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§ Code Reviewer
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§ Build Reviewer
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§ Security Reviewer
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§ Performance Reviewer
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§ Custom
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Configure Checkin policy
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§ Associate Work Items
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§ Run Tests
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§ Run Code Analysis
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§ Custom
Reporting
Access to all reports including:
- Bug List
- Bug Rates
- Builds
- Code Coverage Details
- Dev and QA Work
- Exit Criteria Status
- Issues
- My Bugs
- Quality Indicators
- Quality Velocity Relationships
- Remaining Work
- Test Result Details
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Work Item List
Project Management
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View/Create/Modify Work Items
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View Project Portal (WSS required)
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Microsoft Office 2003 integration add-ins
Build Automation