TFS Basic 2010 Features and Limitations
by Olga Belokurskaya
Hi!
As you know, Microsoft has introduced a TFS configuration named TFS Basic to VS/TFS 2010 Beta 2. This new option simplifies and quickens TFS installation, providing users with basic TFS possibilities. Here is some more information I’ve read recently at Buck Hodges’ about TFS Basic 2010 features and limitations.
There’s no warehouse for Basic configuration. This creates some limitations in TFS management. Specifically, Excel reporting is not provided.
Then (I think, I’ve mentioned it already earlier) SharePoint or Reporting Services can’t be configured (however, if someone will need these particular features added to their TFS, needed configurations may be done through Team Foundation Administration Console).
Web access is not available right from the Team Explorer menu, only via a separate link.
And about users’ limitations. Actually, the number of users is not limited; however, when there are more than five users starting from the sixth one they should have TFS CALs.




