TFS 2010 Server Licensing
TFS 2010 Server Licensing
With the the new 2010 Beta 2 version comes new licensing program for 2010.
Team Foundation Server has three installation choices - Basic, Advanced and Custom. You will be able to install this either on your client machine (very similar to client side SCM such as VSS) or on a server machine just like TFS 2008.
For small teams that need only core development features such as source control, bug tracking, and build automation, TFS Basic offers a simple, streamlined install and runs on server or client machines.
You get additional features in TFS Basic of being able to use SQL Server Express 2008 rather than regular SQL Server 2008, though you are free to point Basic at an existing SQL server (default is to install SQL Server Express or reuse it if already installed), and you get the feature of being able to install on a client OS (Win7 or Vista).
TFS Basic has no users limitation (like workgroup), You can have as many users as you like, so long as users 6 through N have TFS CALs.
Team Foundation Server will also be available in retail for around $500 USD and will include a license term allowing up to five (5) named users without CALs to use Team Foundation Server.
To grow to more than five users, simply buy CALs for the new users. This enables small teams of five or fewer to get up and running on Team Foundation Server for as little as $500 USD.
Of course having Visual Studio 2010 with MSDN means you can get Team Foundation Server up and running at no additional cost.
TFS Basic is not a separate download. It’s just a choice in the TFS configuration wizard. So to get TFS Basic, you download the regular Team Foundation Server installation, either 32-bit or 64-bit,and then run setup.exe.