Yesterday, Microsoft announced they will be purchasing the Teamprise-related assets of SourceGear. The Teamprise tools allows software developers to take advantage of various features of Microsoft’s Team Foundation Server (e.g. work item tracking, automated builds, and reporting features) from other environments such as Macintosh- and Linux/Unix-based systems. There is also an Eclipse plug-in that provides functionality almost identical to that of the Team Explorer client that integrates with Visual Studio.
Having this technology more accessible (e.g. via Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate) will no doubt go a long way in helping development teams that work across multiple platforms (e.g. .NET, Java, etc.) work and plan with an integrated set of ALM tools. Having those tools integrated into their development environment of choice – Visual Studio or Eclipse, is the icing on the cake.
The Teamprise technology will be available with Visual Studio 2010 and can be acquired in one of several ways:
- Purchased separately with one TFS CAL (for approximately $799).
- Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate with MSDN will include the Teamprise technology.
- Free upgrade to the Microsoft branded product to all current Teamprise owners once released.
Support will continue to be offered by Teamprise until the Microsoft branded product is released, at which time, Microsoft will take over support.
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