Requirements for Team Foundation Components

The topics in this section provide planning guidance for deploying and operating Team Foundation Server. They include guidance on hardware requirements, supported topologies, authentication models, and backup and restoration. For guidance about specific features and functionality, see Team Foundation Server Product Overview.

You can use the topics in this section to help you plan your deployment, not to install the software. For the most recent information about how to install Team Foundation and its prerequisites, download the installation guide for Team Foundation from the following page on the Microsoft website: (Installation Guide for Team Foundation.

In This Section

• Server Requirements for Team Foundation
  Provides links to information needed when planning for Visual Studio Team System servers.

• Team Explorer Requirements
  Describes the hardware and software requirements for Team Explorer and role-based clients for Team Foundation Server.

• Team Foundation Server Security Concepts
  Describes basic security concepts for Team Foundation Server and provides a list of required services.

• Team Foundation Server Security Architecture
  Describes the logical and physical architecture of Team Foundation Server.

• Team Foundation Server Security for Users and Groups
  Describes security concepts for users and groups in Team Foundation Server and within a deployment architecture.

Related Sections

• Team Foundation Server Components
  Describes the components that make up the Team Foundation servers.

• Team Foundation Server Clients
  Describes the four primary client applications for accessing Team Foundation Server.

See Also

Concepts

Team Foundation Server Planning Roadmap

Other Resources

Team Foundation Server Product Overview

Choosing a Team Foundation Server Deployment Configuration

Change History

Date	History	Reason
July 2010	Added link to installation guide.	Customer feedback.