I have blogged at some length ( here and here) about my trials and travails installing Team Suite. Ninety-day trial versions of all of these versions are available from Microsoft's Web site. Installation and testing For review purposes, I used three installations of VS08: Professional Edition installed on a Windows Vista for 圆4 laptop along with Expression Web and Expression Blend Team Suite installed on a Windows XP desktop along with Visual Studio 2005 (VS05), without access to TFS and Team Suite installed in a Windows Server 2003 Virtual PC along with TFS. I won't try to discuss Team Foundation Server as such, although it has received numerous enhancements, such as a new team build system and Web access, since we last reviewed it (see Tom Yager's May 2004 preview of Visual Studio 2005). In this review, I'll concentrate on the features of VS08 Professional Edition, and touch on a few of the highlights of Team Suite. The server for Team System is Team Foundation Server (TFS), which combines a team portal, version control, work item tracking, build management, process guidance, and business intelligence. There are Team System clients for developers, architects, DBAs, and testers, as well as a combined client for all roles called Team Suite. Team System is primarily for larger teams. Basically, the Express editions are for beginner, student, and hobbyist developers Standard Edition is for individual developers Professional Edition is for advanced developers and those who work in small teams. VS08 comes in a range of editions, from the free Express Editions to the $10,000 does-everything Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Suite.
It also introduces Language-Integrated Query, a generic way to query all kinds of data in C# and Visual Basic, and full support for Windows Vista, Silverlight, and Windows Presentation Foundation. Net Framework 3.5, and it supports other versions of the. Of course, Visual Studio 2008 isn't limited to developing desktop applications it is also good for developing Web, SOA, and device applications. Net Framework and, at least, a contender for the best Windows-hosted C/C++ IDE. It's the premier IDE for developing applications with the Microsoft. Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (VS08) is the current incarnation of the company’s long line of IDEs.
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