El Bruno

Hi,

Today Brian Harry says an interesting news:

Team Explorer Everywhere becomes free as well as Visual Studio Team Explorer.

Beware, this does not mean that we should not pay for access to a Team Foundation Server, a CAL (Client Access License) for each client of Team Foundation work is still needed. But from now on, if you work in an environment "Not Visual Studio" because only you will need lime.

Interestingly, if we take into account that the TFS Express version (link) allows a team of up to 5 people can work without buying licenses. In other words, 5 Eclipses and TFS Express

For better detail, Brian Harry presents 3 stages example

1. Team Foundation Service or CodePlex – Both of these provide online hosted versions of TFS that can be used by anyone (no CAL purchase necessary – subject to change when Team Foundation Service leaves "preview" but true for now). This means that regardless of whether you use the Visual Studio Team Explorer based or the Eclipse based Team Explorer Everywhere, you can use these services without having to purchase any software.
2. Team Foundation Server "Standard Edition" – You can’t acquire the standard Team Foundation Server with the full set of TFS capabilities a number of different ways – through MSDN, as a separate purchase, etc. Having purchased it and CAL, where necessary, you can use either the Visual Studio based Team Explorer or the Eclipse based Team Explorer Everywhere with no additional purchases.
3. Team Foundation Server Express -I recently announced the availability of Team Foundation Server Express 11 Beta that enables team of up to 5 people to experience much of the power of TFS for free. You can now use TFS Express along with Team Explorer and/or Team Explorer Everywhere all for no charge (up to 5 users – additional users will need to purchase CALs).

And finally comment that this change applies to the version of Team Explorer Everywhere 2010 SP1 and for the new Team Explorer 11 version.

Saludos @ Home

El Bruno

Source: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2012/03/08/even-better-access-to-team-foundation-server.aspx