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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 This download is still available on microsoft.com. The downloads below will come directly from the Microsoft Download Center.

File	SHA1 Hash	Size
TFS4/tfs_express.exe	7e01e40955bec9fdc32dfb18af43ca68f7378cbe	528 KB
TFS4/VS2012.4 TFS Express enu.iso	01e4427ea7ec6856ded3e7c394fd3eac7abf91a3	474.34 MB

File sizes and hashes are retrieved from the Wayback Machine’s indexes. They may not match the latest versions of files hosted on Microsoft servers.

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

• 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.