Today I decided to install TFS 2010 Basic Edition on my laptop to keep better control of my side projects such as Connectedshow.com or presentations.
Doing some quick searches I found a video (see it here) by Julio Casal talking about this particular version of TFS. The video was a great resource but I needed something more basic, a quick install guide to get me started. During the start of the video Julio talks about just such a blog post, but all the links search engines bring back were dead. Doing a little digging, i found the real working post here.
Julio does a great job at providing a super detailed step-by-step guide, but if you feel up to it here is my cliff notes version:
Summary Steps for install TFS 2010 Basic Edition
- Download the TFS 2010 Beta 2 ISO
- Don’t confuse this with Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 Ultimate edition itself
- The install is an ISO so you’ll need a way to mount it, highly recommend Virtual CloneDrive
- Optional: Installation guide
- Run the setup on the ISO using either x86 or x64 bit edition
- Go through a typically geeky install process, choose options you want to install (I did not install the Build Server)
Once the install is completed you will begin the configuration steps in a new wizard:
- When you reach a section called “Team Foundation Server Configuration”, here you must choose the “Basic” option
- The rest of the setup is straight forward and will also install SQL Server 2008 Express as the TFS database (if you have nothing else already installed)
Finally I was able to connected using Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2, create my project through the local URL “http://mymachinename:8080/tfs” and add/manage my project using VS 2008!
Much thanks to Julio for putting together some great content to get me started!