Related Tools

A number of additional tools outside Visual Studio surround the Windows development experience. This includes tools targeted toward the development team (Team Foundation Server and Team Explorer), those targeted toward designers (Microsoft Expression), and those targeted toward the tester (Test Professional). It’s important to be aware of how these tools can help you build your next solution. This section provides a brief overview of each of these products.

Team Foundation Server (TFS)

TFS is the central hub that provides an integrated, application lifecycle management (ALM) experience around the many development tools from Microsoft. The first version of TFS was built with the release of 2005. This included source control, a centralized ...

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