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TFS Release Candidate coming soon

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Sorry for being so quiet recently…we’ve been busy wrapping up our next pre-release of Team Foundation Server. This means we’ve been fixing tons of bugs (including many reported from you through the forums and Product Feedback center) as well as improving our installation experience especially around SharePoint configuration, running thousands of automated and manual tests, improving our behavior in short- and long-haul stress scenarios, and putting the final touches on the Beta3 refresh upgrade utilities. While all this was going on, we also updated our dogfood server twice and it now has over 550 active users pounding on it daily. Needless to say we’ve been a bit busy. :->

Anyway, we’re planning on releasing our TFS Release Candidate in early February (and I mean very early February as long as everything goes as planned). While there will be a few known issues in this release that we still intend to fix, it’ll be very close to the final version. As a result, we need your help in validating that we haven’t missed any big issues before we release the golden bits. As I’ve previously explained, we’re only fixing the most critical of issues to help prevent regressions and your feedback is very important in helping us make these decisions.

As with Beta3 refresh, this Release Candidate will be a ‘go-live’ release. By this we mean that we’ll provide the tools you need to upgrade your data from Beta3 Refresh and we’ll support migrating your data from the RC to final release of TFS. Please, please, please plan on upgrading to this release. We need your feedback to help us make sure we’re ready to release the final bits and your real world, production usage is the best way for us to gauge this readiness. We are still committed to releasing the final build of TFS in the first quarter of 2006.

As we get closer to the RC date, I’ll provide updates to make sure you have the latest status on availability. If all goes well, you can be working on this upgrade while watching one of the two TFS NFL teams (Seattle Seahawks or the Carolina Panthers) play in the Super Bowl. Okay, maybe you’re not that dedicated…how about during the pregame show? :->

Thanks again to our many early adopters and the feedback you’ve provided us. I think you’ll be quite happy with the installation, stability and performance improvements we’ve made in this upcoming release. With your help, it’s really coming together.

Woohoo!

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  • Anonymous
    January 20, 2006
    Jeff,

    Do you know if the plan is to keep SQL reporting services on the App Tier for RTM like it was for the Dec CTP or move it back to the data tier? Is there an option to put it where it makes sense in your environment?
  • Anonymous
    January 21, 2006
    Hi David -

    Yes, for the two server configuration, SQL reporting services will remain on the App Tier. Because Reporting Services requires IIS and many companies do not allow IIS and SQL to run on the same server, we decided to make this change. To reduce the complexity of our install and configuration test matrix (it's already amazing complicated), we decided to settle on not supporting a mix and match approach.

    Jeff
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    January 26, 2006
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    February 07, 2006
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  • Anonymous
    February 13, 2006
    Thanks to davidacoder for pointing out that based on this post:
    http://blogs.msdn.com/jeffbe/archive/2006/01/19/514801.aspx...
  • Anonymous
    May 26, 2007
    Since posting about the upcoming TFS Release Candidate , I’ve received numerous requests to describe