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Azure DevOps Server
Formerly Team Foundation Server

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What is Azure DevOps Server?

AzureDevOps Server (formerly Team Foundation Server, or TFS) is a test management and application lifecycle management tool, from Microsoft's Visual Studio offerings. To license Azure DevOps Server an Azure DevOps license and a Windows operating system license (e.g. Windows Server)…

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What is Azure DevOps Server?

AzureDevOps Server (formerly Team Foundation Server, or TFS) is a test management and application lifecycle management tool, from Microsoft's Visual Studio offerings. To license Azure DevOps Server an Azure DevOps license and a Windows operating system license (e.g. Windows Server) for each machine…

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Azure DevOps (formerly VSTS, Microsoft Visual Studio Team System) is an agile development product that is an extension of the Microsoft Visual Studio architecture. Azure DevOps includes software development, collaboration, and reporting capabilities.

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What is Azure DevOps Server?

AzureDevOps Server (formerly Team Foundation Server, or TFS) is a test management and application lifecycle management tool, from Microsoft's Visual Studio offerings. To license Azure DevOps Server an Azure DevOps license and a Windows operating system license (e.g. Windows Server) for each machine running Azure DevOps Server.

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AzureDevOps Server (formerly Team Foundation Server, or TFS) is a test management and application lifecycle management tool, from Microsoft's Visual Studio offerings. To license Azure DevOps Server an Azure DevOps license and a Windows operating system license (e.g. Windows Server) for each machine running Azure DevOps Server.

Reviewers rate Usability highest, with a score of 8.7.

The most common users of Azure DevOps Server are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Score 9 out of 10
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Azure DevOps server is being utilized as a centralized tool for our organization's code & release management. All departments in the organization have their own repositories where they check-in their codes. Azure DevOps server along with GIT integration is serving as a central code repository for our organization. Also its widget integration and inbuilt templates to automate code build and release from almost any tech stack is worthy to have it as a DevOps tool.
  • Vast range of Template for Automated Build and Release Pipeline with option to have conditional triggers
  • Code repository mechanism is aligned with GIT which is a well known public repository system
  • Bug Management is also an integral feature of this tool
  • Dashboard creation option of Build and Release pipeline is also available
  • Can add more build templates for specific technology requirements
  • Can have more features in dashboards which can help dev teams stream line their tasks and priorities
  • Can have raise alarm feature in case of any sort of failure in devops pipeline execution
Azure DevOps is well suited if you have a big team that is collaborating their codes and need to have devops pipeline for all build and release work. Also since this tool provides bug management facility, you don't need to purchase any other tool for that purpose. Moreover if you have your infrastructure built over Azure cloud then this is a best match for your requirements as it integrates well with it.
  • Helped to achieve better code management
  • Helped to get rid of a separate bug management tool
  • Helped to build the devops pipeline within it hence removing need for separate devops tool
Azure DevOps Server or TFS is a complete suite in itself. From Developer's machine where the code is developed to the production environment where the code is meant to run it take care of complete flow within itself. It acts as a code repository you can check-in check-out codes using GIT interface. It also acts as a Build and Automation Test tool which can help you to judge sanctity of your code. It further acts as a release manager to deploy your application to the production environment. And all these steps can also be performed without any manual intervention with the option to have approval processes. Hence its a perfect blend of all set of tools and capabilities required to bring code to production.
Azure DevOps server has quite an upper hand while we compare it with other tools in the market. Its not just a tool in fact its been a complete suit. If we look out at other products available as alternative options to Azure DevOps Server, they are meant for a specific purpose and hence always need to be integrated with some other tool for achieving the target. While Azure DevOps integrates within itself all features and utilities required to deliver the code from developer machine to the production environment.
Azure DevOps server have a lot of inbuilt features which helps it to integrate with external tools. Also Azure market place provides an extensive list of custom-built solutions or widgets that can be plugged and play with your Azure DevOps Server environment. Using its API connectivity you can automate most of the manual tasks of monitoring the pipeline flow or code check-ins etc
Vaibhav Choksi | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
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Dell Technologies uses Team Foundation Server for managing multiple projects across the North America region and rolling out in all other regions. If you use Visual Studio for development, TFS, or its online equivalent VSTS, you can have a fairly seamless end-to-end integration. Out of the box, it provides code management, testing, work hierarchy in agile formats, automated build, and deployment.

Dell manages source code, project reporting, engineering progress tracking and release management for agile software development. Microsoft TFS is also leveraged by the Product Management group to define and manage product requirements and managing the technical backlog. TFS really makes it easier to perform an end-to-end integration, reporting, tracking, code management, automated build, and deployment, etc.
  • TFS makes it easier to build technical features and acceptance criteria that different team members of Product Manager, Engineering, Quality Assurance, and Release Management.
  • It enables the product managers to review technical backlog, prioritize features and go to market that helps improve key performance indicators.
  • It provides seamless integration with Microsoft products like SharePoint, IIS, Visual Studio that helps integrate and exchange data.
  • TFS UI could improve like some of its major competitors with fewer options on the same UI page. TFS tries to offer too many options on the same UI.
  • Development in branches is hard to achieve and TFS has a room for improvement.
  • Integration with non-Microsoft is difficult. TFS could provide easier integration with other product lines to improve acceptability.
Team Foundation Server is well suited in product management
  • Easier to build a technical backlog.
  • Create user stories, features, EPICs, assign tasks and acceptance criteria, etc.
  • Make a Product Manger's and engineering teams' life easier in meeting and tracking.
  • Project managers can easily track the work and create reporting.
  • Positive ROI for Microsoft Product Suits since TFS easily integrates with other Microsoft Product lines.
  • ROI is negative where you find it difficult and spent more time to integrate with Non-Microsoft product lines.
  • TFS server could have negative ROI if the number of users is really limited. However, for larger organizations, it is worth investing in TFS.
TFS gives and edge over JIRA for inbuilt version controlling that TFS has. TFS provides a GIT version control repository that offers centralized TFVC and distributed GIT Version control. Version controlling is a key feature that promoted TFS over JIRA in the implementation of a decision making process.
Microsoft for years has offered user-friendly products that people love to use at work and home. TFS provides a seamless integration with other Microsoft products that helps you improve ROI, save time and resources.
The usability of TFS is great and I would like to see an improved UI and seamless integration with non-Microsoft products.
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