IT:AD:TFS:Concepts
## Visual Studio Team Explorer ##
- Get to it using [In VS]/[Views]/[Team Explorer]
- Use it to Add/Remove Users as Team Members
- Use it for WorkItems
## Visual Studio Source Control Explorer ##
Workspaces
- A Workspace is – in essence – just a set of nested folders, mapped to areas in TFS, containing local copies of files of files and folders in TFS.
- When you edit files, you're making changes to the local files, that need to be at some point checked in – ie, pushed back the TFS Server.
- A primary benefit for workspaces is isolation. It provides a sandbox to make changes without worrying about affecting other users - at least till the changes are checked in.
- Workspaces can be created as:
- Private (the Default),
- Public (Limited)
- Public (multiple people can change and check in code.
- Very useful when sharing a workstation.
* There is no hard rule as to whether to keep:
- One Workspace per project
- One Workspace with all projects in it.