By using Team Foundation Server to deploy a global source code management platform, Dell is able maintain a centralized repository for all source code and provide it to developers on a just-in-time basis regardless of their location. Improved source code management has also enabled Dell to consolidate its source code onto fewer servers, redeploy 100 system administrators, and improve the productivity of its developers.

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EDS adopted Visual Studio Team System to support their globally development strategy. By doing so, EDS projected a 286% return on investment due to the increased productivity benefits and the reduced operational costs offered by Team Foundation Server.

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This ROI case study shows how KBC Bank achieved a projected 89% ROI on their adoption of Visual Studio Team System. KBC manages a team of globally distributed development teams. By using Visual Studio Team System they were able to increase collaboration amongst their development team and improve overall project transparency.

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A Global
Manufacturer

A global manufacturer deployed Visual Studio Team System to improve the consistency and efficiency of internal software development, enabling it to support adoption of the widely recognized Capability Maturity Model for software development. This enabled the company to increase developer, project manager, and tester productivity while improving software quality.

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A Social Networking
Web Site

A social networking Web site used Visual Studio Team System to improve the productivity of its developers and project managers as well as to reduce software costs.

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Communications Giant Embraces Sweeping Improvements to Development Practices with Visual Studio Team System

“With Visual Studio Team System, we thought we were buying developer tools; what we got was a culture changing tool.” is the way John Szurek, Enterprise Architect for Clear Channel, describes the massive paradigm shift that Visual Studio Team System has enabled within their development organization. Clear Channel’s adoption of Team System brought forth a sea of positive change in the process by which they develop software.

Telecommunications Giant Improves Software Quality, Teamwork with Custom Methodology

Telemar, Brazil’s largest telecommunications provider is using Visual Studio Team Foundation Server to manage all of their development projects. Because they outsource all of their programming to thousands of programmers around Brazil, Team Foundation Server provides them with a way to centrally manage and monitor all of these projects. Telemar has customized the MSF for CMMI Process Improvement process template for use with their projects.

Infosys Demonstrates Project Management Integration with Visual Studio Team System

Infosys successfully deployed Team Foundation Server and integrated it with their existing project management solution. They further customized Team Foundation Server to meet their CMMI Level 5 compliance goals. Infosys expects to deploy Team Foundation Server to over 25,000 developers.

Global Distributor Avoids Cost, Risk While Upgrading Mission-Critical Data Warehouse

Gulf Coast Seal made extensive use of Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals to manage a complex overhaul to their database. They were able to minimize downtime and more easily manage development changes than they could in the past.

Collaboration and Process Support Cuts Database Development Time in Half

Configuresoft used Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals to more effectively manage changes to their database and by doing so was able to cut their team’s development time in half.

Insurer Manages Corporate Software More Efficiently with Team Development Tools

GEICO is benefiting from the built-in static analysis tools, testing tools, and project management capabilities such as work-item tracking included with Visual Studio Team System. Visual Studio Team System affords GEICO’s developers a more transparent view into the state of their projects at any given time.

New Solution Improves Software Project Management, Productivity, and Quality

Facing multiple simultaneous projects, the nine-member software development group within the Washington State Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development found it difficult to accurately assess project status, estimate new efforts, and ensure sufficient software quality. The group adopted Visual Studio Team System to help it overcome all those issues. In gaining a comprehensive solution for all aspects of the development life cycle, the group has been able to increase its productivity, better manage and understand the application life cycle, and increase software quality. In addition, the group’s development process is more consistent and predictable, and the collection, sharing, and reporting of project-related information is built into everyday workflows.

Team Tools Help Developers Upgrade Mission-Critical Aviation Software

With their adoption of Visual Studio Team System, Airways New Zealand can more closely monitor specific development tasks while improving the overall quality of code through better documentation and more frequent quality checks during builds.

Technology Consulting Group Gains Design Efficiencies with New Development Tools

Fujitsu Consulting not only manages their software development projects using Visual Studio Team System, but they have taken advantage of Team Foundation Server’s customizable process templates and the Domain Specific Language Tools to create a highly tuned development environment tailored for their specific needs.

Software Consultancy Improves Development Lifecycle and Predictability

Info Support has taken advantage of the integrated data warehouse, work-item tracking, and build management capabilities of Visual Studio Team System to replace multiple disparate tools the company used in the past. They now benefit from a solution which enables rich reporting, deep project management capabilities, and process standardization.

ISV Closes Collaboration Gap and Improves Software Development Predictability

The Computer Solution Company (TCSC) wanted to increase the flexibility of its Forensic Laboratory Information System (LIMS) to better meet the needs of “virtual” crime-solving teams.

Using Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Testers to Ship Windows Live Hotmail and the Windows Live College Bracket Challenge

The Windows Live development team faces demanding traffic requirements throughout their many Web properties. Learn how Windows Live relies on the load testing capabilities of Visual Studio Team System to adequately simulate real-world traffic and eliminate performance bottlenecks prior to pushing new code into production. The test plans for two distinctly characteristic Web properties are documented and showcases how Visual Studio Team System can be used to simulate load for even the most highly trafficked Web sites.

• Changing a Web Vanguard – Windows Live Hotmail
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Deploying Visual Studio Team Foundation Server as an Enterprise-wide Service

By deploying Visual Studio Team Foundation Server as an enterprise-wide service, Microsoft is standardizing methodologies for project management, software development, and software testing. This standardization provides a much more transparent management view into projects and makes complying with statutory reporting requirements much easier.

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How Microsoft IT uses Visual Studio Team System

Discussion on the deployment of Visual Studio Team System in Microsoft IT to centralize source control and work item tracking for development teams.

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Extending Visual Studio Team System

Discussion on how Microsoft IT extended Visual Studio Team System to incorporate software development lifecycle methodology process by modifying the default process template. By modifying the process template developer compliance increased and external tools were eliminated.

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Integrated Software Development at Microsoft Using Visual Studio Team System

Discussion on how the eBusiness Integration Services IT development group used Visual Studio Team System to tightly integrate the Software Development Life Cycle process within its team environment.

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