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Fery
Fery

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What version of TFS should I install when I want to upgrade my Visual Studio 2012 to 2015

I work with Visual Studio Ultimate 2012 and Team Foundation Server 2012. I am planning to upgrade my VS to 2015 version.

May you please share your information with me:

1) Is it needed I upgrade my TFS version as well?

2) What is the best version of TFS for working with VS 2015?

Thanks,

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1376

Answers (1)

Keith Hoffman
Keith Hoffman

Reputation: 608

Fery,

This page describes the compatibility between Team Foundation clients and server. It only covers through Visual Studio 2013. I was not able to locate a similar page for VS 2015, possibly because it is in 'Preview' as of February 2015. However, this page indicates that VS 2013 will connect to TFS 2012 so you should be fine with VS 2015 Preview as well.

[OLD LINK] https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd997788.aspx

[NEW LINK] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/vsts/tfs-server/requirements

More specifically to your bullet points:

  1. Upgrading your Team Foundation Server is a separate question from upgrading Visual Studio which acts as a client for TFS. You shouldn't need to change your TFS installation just because you updated Visual Studio.
  2. I didn't find documentation regarding Visual Studio 2015 Preview and TFS but there is no indicator in the documentation for Visual Studio 2013 that you need a specific version to work correctly with TFS 2012.

Upvotes: 1

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