Visual Studio Team System Other Advice

Mustapha Sedki Ben Romdhane - PeerSpot reviewer
Sourcing Purchasing Manager at Nexans autoelectric GmbH

The tool is useful for students. However, if we are looking for other opportunities, we can use a different solution that is more efficient, optimized, and easy to use. I am a beginner-level user. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

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Omar_Ismail - PeerSpot reviewer
ECM, Archives and Digital Preservation Consultant at DataServe

There are many updates in Visual Studio Team System. We have to use a lot of components, like, DevExpress, along with other platforms, like ACES Workflow and ABP IO. We are using WSO2 for integration which is also a good product having low prices, and I have been using it for more than five years now. 

I would recommend the solution to others planning to use it. So, I rate the overall tool a nine out of ten.

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SB
Founder at Druansh

I would rate the overall product a nine out of ten. 

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Anand Viswanath - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at Unimity Solutions

I manage a group of developers who use the solution. I did some online research and then installed the solution in our organization. I would recommend the product to others. Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

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FM
Head of Software Development Department at ACT

My advice to anybody who is considering this solution is to first decide what they need out of it. The benefit of each solution is becoming multidimensional. For example, TFS can be used for managing code, managing software, and lifecycle development. People have to decide which dimension they need to use and then focus on it. Later, they can go to explore and use other dimensions. Otherwise, they will lose a lot of time trying to learn and to adapt to the solution. This is the biggest lesson that we learned from our implementation. Once we mastered its use in one area, we moved on to the next.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

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AK
Senior Associate at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

I rate the product a nine out of ten. You need to be careful about the pricing. The solution can be expensive if you get an enterprise subscription. 

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TP
Technical Lead / Project Manager at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

We're just customers and end-users. We don't have a business relationship with Microsoft.

I've been using the latest version of the solution.

For those considering the solution, I would advise that they decide between a centralized or distributed repository - and then choose VSTS. For a more centralized repository, VSTS is the nicest I've used so far.

I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten. We've largely been happy with the solution overall.

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PH
.Net and MES Architect at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I like the performance management of this solution and my rating would be eight out of ten. The solution works for us but nowadays I would perhaps adviser others to use a cloud-based version like Microsoft DevOps. 

The biggest lesson I've learned is you can have all the tools but you still have to manage the communication between developers. Even with the tools you can easily run into some issues with several people who work on the same parts of the projects. So it is very important to organize your sources the best you can. But keep the communication channels open. 

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AI
Software Developer Manager at a manufacturing company with 501-1,000 employees

In regards to Latin America, there is a misunderstanding about application and data management versus software development lifecycle. There is too much confusion here. It is important to clarify what the difference is between the application and system management which it covers from requirements to delivering applications, including the bulk activities.

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DG
Dynamics 365/Ax Technical Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

The features are fine for what it is. It works very well. It's designed for a specific niche, which is a very big niche. In summary, this is a good product that is straightforward, easy to use, and manages well.

It's a fine product.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

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it_user1138779 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

The 2017 version is similar to 2015, they have added a few things. One difference is the setup experience, although it is not a groundbreaking change. I know that they have released a new version, 2019, that allows for sharing of what you see also remotely. You can work on code with your colleague who is developing somewhere else, remotely.

When it comes to this solution, I am not really missing anything I needed from an IDE.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

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DA
Managing Director at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Before using the solution, it is good to have prior knowledge about how it works, how it can scale, and how it integrates with peer tools. 

There may be integrations which are not feasible in the solution's community version, so it is good to do your homework. 

I rate the solution a ten out of ten. 

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TA
Process Manager at a marketing services firm with 501-1,000 employees

If price is not a consideration, then my recommendation to others is that they go with the solution. 

The solution is cloud-based.

I rate Visual Studio Team System as a seven or eight out of ten. 

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it_user1085841 - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at Myriade

My advice to others would be to go all the way with this solution. Don't try to find a cheaper solution. On a scale from one to ten, I rate Visual Studio Team System an eight and I'm looking forward to the new Blazers system.

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March 2024
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765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.