Inside Visual Studio 2005 Team System

An anonymous reader writes "ZDNet has posted a top 10 list of things you need to know about Visual Studio 2005 Team System. From the article: Everybody talks about collaborative development tools, and heaven knows you can't surf the major developers' for 10 minutes without getting hit by banners trumpeting the latest. We can't fault Microsoft for wanting a piece of that action; but we need more than just a collaborative environment."

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[Gridpoet]

We can't fault Microsoft for wanting a piece of that action

you must be new here...this is slashdot

we can fault Microsoft for anything...

Oh, I get it

[tcopeland]

Team System's response to this problem is a Logical Datacenter Designer, which integrates clients, Web servers, SQL Servers and any other servers into constrained, schema-driven models that permit solution architectures to truly embrace the big picture with proper attention to networking and its impact on interface with data sources. This concept is especially welcome as Web services become increasingly central to integrated application systems.

Cool, OK, that clears it all up for me.

Re:Oh, I get it

[gcaseye6677]

I suppose it also helps you leverage synergy to facilitate best-of-breed 21st century paradigm-shift enterprise solutions.

Team System is overkill bloat

[Anonymous Coward]

As Microsoft had already completely nailed collaborative development with Visual SourceSafe.

At least one thing is missing...

[Anonymous Coward]

What about the plans for Microsoft Visual Studio 2007?! That one just has to be listed!

it's still a tool

[snitmo]

From TFA,

To build decent apps today, and Internet apps in particular, you need more than an idea, more than good tools

OK I need more than a tool.

Team System is addressing this shortfall in its Team Edition for Software Architects with a tool called Application Designer, a graphical workhorse for solution architecture.

So you give me a tool.

Huh?

Re:Yeah, and splits architects from testers

[Otter]

What kind of organisation does this represent? I guess it reflect's microsoft world view. But it doesnt match that of OSS applications.

Yup, in that scheme Developer gets gcc, CVS and eleven text editors, while Architect and Tester are eliminated in favor of Noisy Fanboy, who just gets a web browser.

Re:Bulky? Loaded?

[Blakey Rat]

Or MS Word, that hasn't been able to figure out yet, how to do numbering.

Looks like your grammar checker is broken also.