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Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Express 2012 with Update 4

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  • Version: 2012.4
  • Product: Developer Tools
  • Language: English

Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Express 2012.4 is a source code control, project management, and team collaboration platform at the core of the Microsoft suite of Application Lifecycle Management tools, which help individuals and small teams be more agile, collaborate more effectively, and deliver quality software.

Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012.4 provides the collaboration hub at the center of Microsoft’s Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) solution. By automating the software delivery process, entire teams can take advantage of tools to track the team’s actions, transactions, and project artifacts like requirements, tasks, bugs, source code, and build & test results. Team Foundation Server 2012.4 enables comprehensive reporting and dashboards providing historical trending, full traceability, and real-time visibility into software quality. More details can be found here.

Note: TFS Express is limited to five (5) users.  Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012.4 can be used in larger teams.

Support for Team Foundation Server 2012 is only provided on this current update, which is considered the Team Foundation Server 2012 Service Pack, as well as the Team Foundation Server 2012 RTM version, released in August, 2012. For more information see the Microsoft Support Lifecycle Policy.

Files

Status: Live

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Files
tfs_express.exe
    VS2012.4 TFS Express enu.iso

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      System Requirements

      Operating Systems: Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2, Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8

      Hardware Requirements:
      • 2.2 GHz or faster processor
      • 1 GB RAM
      • 4 GB of available hard disk space

      Installation Instructions

      Note: If you have an edition of Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012 Beta or RC installed, you can upgrade it to the release version. Before you upgrade, check the release notes for steps that might be required before you install the release version.

      Choose one of the following options:

      • Download the Web Installer (tfs_express.exe):
        • On this page, choose the Web Installer Download button.
          • To install the software now, choose the Run button.
          • To install the software later, choose the Save button. (When you install, the computer must be connected to the Internet.)
      • Download a DVD5 ISO image (VS2012.4 TFS Express ENU.ISO):
        • To download the image so that you can burn a DVD, choose the Save button.
        • Make sure that the CRC and SHA1 hash values of the downloaded ISO image match these:
          • CRC: 2771652C
          • SHA-1: 01E4427EA7EC6856DED3E7C394FD3EAC7ABF91A3


      To read the most recent information about how to install Team Foundation and to find a downloadable version of the install guide, see this page on the Microsoft Web site: Installing Team Foundation Server and Visual Studio ALM. The offline versions of these guides are compiled help module (.chm) files.

      Additional Information

      For important information about this release, see the Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012 Readme File

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