http://blogs.msdn.com/srikanthr/archive/2007/05/28/silent-commandline-option-for-branching-in-orcas.aspxAnother great feature in Orcas Version control is that there is an option to create a branch without having to download any of the file locally ( i.e without any get operations). This new option is "/silent" argument for the tf branch command and thisen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)