What is the difference between TFS & VSTS

I hope you googled it yourself already to know the difference.

In case you didnot get anything, let me say following:

TFS - is MS product for source control, which is based on client-server model i.e. there is one centralized server which holds copy of source code, clients will need to get latest code from that server, check out file for editing and check in back when done. It is available as a downloadable software and you install and host it on your server.

VSTS - consider it "new" version of TFS, which is available as SaaS - you dont need to install but you can consume it directly. VSTS is based on distributed source control model, just like GitHub, where you work in your own "branch" of code and your code gets "merged" into master copy located on server.

For more, I suggest you watch some videos from Chanel 9 or youtube.

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Nilesh Shah9y ago
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I hope you googled it yourself already to know the difference.
In case you didnot get anything, let me say following:
TFS - is MS product for source control, which is based on client-server model i.e. there is one centralized server which holds copy of source code, clients will need to get latest code from that server, check out file for editing and check in back when done. It is available as a downloadable software and you install and host it on your server.

VSTS - consider it "new" version of TFS, which is available as SaaS - you dont need to install but you can consume it directly. VSTS is based on distributed source control model, just like GitHub, where you work in your own "branch" of code and your code gets "merged" into master copy located on server.

For more, I suggest you watch some videos from Chanel 9 or youtube.
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