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VSTS Roll based skus (clients) RTM!!

it is with TREMENDOUS pleasure that I say we've released the version 1.0 of VSTS roll bases skus to manufacturing and you can immediately (if the servers aren't buried anyway) download them from the MSDN subscriber section.  We've also released a matched set of TFS server (beta 3 refresh) which will allow the RTM clients to connect to the server.  The server also has a few setup issues addressed to continue to improve that scenario.  We continue to be very confident that the server RTM will be in Q1 '06 to complete the release v1 wave of the entire Team System.

This has been a long 5+ year journey for many of us on the team to expand the way Microsoft views developer tools and we could not have done it without the support and encouragement of our customers.  Whenever it felt like we'd never finish up and get this out the door, we were reminded about the excitement in the community among our customers anticipating the value that this tool set would drive for them and we pushed on. 

I am very proud of the team and all of the hard work they've put in over the years to start from an idea and some internal tools and turn it into something truly special.  We hope you all enjoy it!

-Rick

 

Published Friday, October 28, 2005 3:34 PM by rickla

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Friday, October 28, 2005 7:09 PM by Anthony Borton

# Congratulations - VSTS Roll based skus (clients) RTM!!

A big congratulations to Rick and the team for the huge effort they have all put in to bring this product to market. Now the excitement moves from the product team out to the community as organisations start embrassing VSTS.
Thursday, November 03, 2005 10:16 AM by Charles Lazarr

# re: VSTS Roll based skus (clients) RTM!!

I've seen similar announcements about VS 2005 Team System role-based SKUs' availability to MSDN subscribers. So, where are they?

As of this moment, 2 business days from the official launch and availability at retail, I've only seen the TS Suite TRIAL edition posted to MSDN Universal subscribers (plus the non-TS SKUs like Std and Pro). Most of us were under the impression MSDN subscribers should be getting bits before they were generally available so you can imagine we are anxious and disappointed at the same time.
Thursday, November 03, 2005 11:06 AM by Charles Lazarr

# re: VSTS Roll based skus (clients) RTM!!

After calling the MSDN Subscription Center, they informed me that Volume/Select Licensing customers have to transition their Universal subscriptions before the selected SKU will be available for download from MSDN. I don't recall seeing this communicated anywhere so hopefully this is helpful info to others.
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