TFS Reviews

• Agile project management
• Requirements management
• Team management
• Source code management
• Testing software
• Deployment and test automation

• Reduced cost of software implementation and testing processes by automation
• Streamlined the software development process so that we could deliver high quality software in short time to the market

I've been using it for five to six years.

Sometimes, but Microsoft support was always awesome.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

Customer Service:

It's superb.

Technical Support:

It's superb.

It is simple and well documented.

We did it in-house.

Just go for it. It is amazing.

TFS is a very Easy to use product,, Scalable and Configurable. It is very well integrated into a native development environment , with massive reporting services. TFS helps not only to manage R&D groups but to easily create , change and implement work processes rapidly. TFS provides end to end Application Life Cycle management capabilities ,

It is windows only product

We chose TFS because it was the native choice for .Net development. Although in the bank there are other ALM products (separated for bugs, demands, deployments), we insisted on using a complete one solution for our new development projects, and as for now, TFS is doing its way to become a mainstream product for .Net based develoment projects.

Most of our development is .NET based, integrating with GitHub and the code. It has been performing well. This is why we have been using TFS.

It brings in collaboration between our teams.

The biggest value-add is the solution integrates well with most Microsoft products.

Since it is Microsoft, it is technology agnostic, thus it does not really fit into various different technologies in the organization.

We are also using Microsoft Teams. The two products function separately. There is not enough collaboration between Microsoft Teams and TFS.

One to three years.

There is no downtime. It is a very stable product.

I would rate scalability as a six out of 10.

I have been with the company only for the last one and half years, and the TFS was already in place. In my previous job, I used a different solution.

I was not involved in the initial setup.

It is pretty expensive compared to other project management tools.

This product choice was influenced by the development team more than any other team due to the development around .NET and its accompanying technologies. The product works best for development teams.

Overall, I would rate this solution a seven out of 10. We have many different teams, and it does not work well for all them, e.g., applications for management tools.

Most important criteria when selecting a vendor: I look at reviews of the product because these are real companies who have been using this particular product.

Versioning and seamless integration with Visual Studio are the features I like most.

We have had to recall a prior “production-ready” version to provide as a temporary solution.

History view outlining edits by user would be a nice addition.

I've been using it for four years.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

I've not used it specifically for TFS.

We previously used SourceSafe.

It's straightforward.

It was done as an in-house implementation.

TFS was recommended by outside vendors as well as in-house staff. No other products were evaluated

I especially like the Build and Release features since I mainly work in that area with customers.

It has sped up the build and deployment process. We can now deploy the same application version to each environment in a repeatable and automated fashion.

I think the testing tools need some work.

I have used TFS since 2015. I have used the latest version since it first came out.

No issues with stability.

No issues with scalability.

10 out of 10.

No, I have used this solution for 12 years now.

It was very easy to deploy the on-premise version of TFS. The wizard really helps facilitate the ease of the deployment. The web version is super easy to setup and it takes a little more than 10 minutes to be up and running.

I cannot advise as the costs and licensing vary by organization and the type of agreement that they have with Microsoft. I direct all those types of questions to Microsoft.

No other products were evaluated, but I have setup other solutions for customers.

Don’t wait too long. If you can use the cloud version, it has so much less overhead and you also stay up-to-date on features.

• Source Controlling
• Application Development
• Project Life Cycle

When we applied the CMMI standards in our SDLC we used TFS to force some policies to control the project documentation and source controlling, and to manage the relationship between concerned parties.

TFS administration tools need to be more controlled and easier to use.

I've used it for a total of seven years, and for the last three years, I have used it more as a TFS administrator not only as an end user.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

Yes in 2007 we used a different source controlling tool and we faced a lot of issues and with no GUI we had to deal with it using commands which made our life even harder.

TFS, like most Microsoft products, is easy to install use. The initial setup is very easy, all you need to know is the basic configurations that need to be applied.

We use this solution for test management, bug management, and product backlog items grooming.

This solution enables us to link all items usefully, in the way we use Agile.

The most valuable feature is having everything in a single interface, allowing quick and efficient browsing.

The test management interface is not very handy.

I would like to see improved metrics in MTM.

I have been using this solution for five years.

The Test Management features.

It has made the management of test artifacts more effective, thus leading to the improvement in the quality of our products from a testing/quality perspective.

For VSTS, more flexibility around the customisation of test reports.

Over two years.

No.

No.

The Microsoft Tech Support team responded very quickly to the requests we made to them.

As a Test Architect, I have used varying solutions. So, it depends on the direction that the company is taking from a tooling perspective.

It was straightforward with help from online help articles and Microsoft documentation.

Microsoft has different licensing models. Each organisation would have to decide which is best for them.

It was client specific. So in this instance, it was the chosen option.

Do a proof of concept to ascertain that it fits with your organisation.