Software Requirements for Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management Features
By using this topic, you can determine which versions of Windows, SQL Server, and SharePoint Products are compatible with features for application-lifecycle management (ALM) in Visual Studio 2010.
This topic provides information about software requirements for ALM features in the following products:
Visual Studio 2010 Premium and Ultimate
You can find ALM features in Visual Studio 2010 Premium, Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate, and Visual Studio Test Professional 2010. For a list of features that are available in each edition, see Application Lifecycle Management Features in Visual Studio 2010.
You can install Visual Studio 2010 Premium and Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate on a computer that is running any operating system in the following table.
Version |
32-bit |
64-bit |
|---|---|---|
Windows XP, excluding Starter Edition |
Yes |
N/A |
Windows Vista with Service Pack 2 (SP2), excluding Starter Edition |
Yes |
Yes |
Windows 7 |
Yes |
Yes |
Windows Server 2003 SP2 |
Yes |
Yes |
Windows Server 2003 R2 |
Yes |
Yes |
Windows Server 2008 SP2 |
Yes |
Yes |
Windows Server 2008 R2 |
N/A |
Yes |
For information about Visual Studio Express editions, see the following page on the Microsoft website: Microsoft/Express Support.
Visual Studio Test Professional 2010
You can install Visual Studio Test Professional 2010 on a computer that is running any operating system in the following table.
Operating system |
32-bit |
64-bit |
|---|---|---|
Windows Server 2008 R2 |
N/A |
Yes |
Windows Server 2008 SP2 |
Yes |
Yes |
Windows Server 2003 R2 |
Yes |
Yes |
Windows Server 2003 SP2 |
Yes |
Yes |
Windows 7 |
Yes |
Yes |
Windows Vista SP2, excluding Starter Edition |
Yes |
Yes |
Windows XP SP3, excluding Starter Edition |
Yes |
N/A |
To use Visual Studio Test Professional 2010, you must also install Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010.
Warning
To use all the functionality in Test Professional 2010, you cannot run Team Foundation Server 2010 on a computer that is running Windows 7 Home Edition.
Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010
In this section, you can determine which versions of the operating systems, SQL Server, and SharePoint Products are compatible with Team Foundation Server 2010. For information about side-by-side installation and backward compatibility, see Compatibility between Team Foundation Clients and Team Foundation Server.
Tip
For best results, we recommend that you install the application-tier and data-tier components of Team Foundation on computers that are running server operating systems.
Client Operating Systems
You can install Team Foundation Server on a computer that is running any operating system in the following table.
Important
You can install some components of Team Foundation, such as Team Foundation Server Proxy, only on a computer that is running a server operating system. If you install Team Foundation Server on a computer that is running a client operating system, you cannot create reports or team project portals.
Version |
32-bit |
64-bit |
|---|---|---|
Windows Vista Home Premium SP2 |
Yes |
Yes |
Windows Vista Business SP2 |
Yes |
Yes |
Windows Vista Enterprise SP2 |
Yes |
Yes |
Windows Vista Ultimate SP2 |
Yes |
Yes |
Windows 7 Home Premium* |
Yes |
Yes |
Windows 7 Professional* |
Yes |
Yes |
Windows 7 Enterprise* |
Yes |
Yes |
Windows 7 Ultimate* |
Yes |
Yes |
*****If you are installing Team Foundation Server on a computer that is running Windows 7, an issue that originates in HTTP.sys may affect network connectivity. For more information, see the following page on the Microsoft website: A file does not download from an IIS 7.5 server that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2.
Server Operating Systems
You can install Team Foundation Server on a computer that is running any operating system in the following table.
Version |
32-bit |
64-bit |
|---|---|---|
Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition with SP2 |
Yes |
Team Foundation Build Service only |
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition with SP2 |
Yes |
Team Foundation Build Service only |
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP2 |
Yes |
Team Foundation Build Service only |
Windows Server 2008 with SP2* |
Yes |
Yes, excluding Itanium-based editions |
Windows Server 2008 R2 |
Yes |
Yes, excluding Itanium-based editions |
Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter Edition |
Yes |
Team Foundation Build Service only |
Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition |
Yes |
Team Foundation Build Service only |
Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition |
Yes |
Team Foundation Build Service only |
Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter Edition with SP2 |
Yes |
Team Foundation Build Service only |
Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition with SP2 |
Yes |
Team Foundation Build Service only |
Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition with SP2 |
Yes |
Team Foundation Build Service only |
*****If you are installing Team Foundation Server on Windows Server 2008 R2, an issue that originates in HTTP.sys may affect network connectivity. For more information, see the following page on the Microsoft website: A file does not download from an IIS 7.5 server that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2.
SQL Server
Team Foundation Server 2010 is compatible with the Express, Standard, and Enterprise editions of the following releases of SQL Server:
SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
SQL Server 2008 R2
SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3
SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2
SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1
SQL Server 2008
For more information, see SQL Server and Team Foundation Server.
SharePoint Products
Team Foundation Server 2010 is compatible with the following SharePoint Products:
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
SharePoint Foundation 2010
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
For more information, see Interactions Between SharePoint Products and Team Foundation Server.
Microsoft Visual Studio Agents 2010
To perform some types of automated and manual testing by using Visual Studio 2010, you might have to install a test controller and test agents. For more information, see Installing and Configuring Visual Studio Agents and Test and Build Controllers.
You can install test controllers and test agents on the following operating systems:
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2008 SP2
Windows Server 2003 SP2
Windows 7
Windows Vista SP2
Windows XP Professional SP3
Note
For information about hardware requirements for test controllers and test agents, see Test Controller and Test Agent Requirements.
Team Explorer Everywhere 2010
If you install this add-in, you can access features of Team Foundation Server 2010 from an Eclipse-based IDE on the operating system of your choice. For information about system requirements, see the following page on the Microsoft website: Microsoft Visual Studio Team Explorer Everywhere 2010.
See Also
Concepts
System Requirements for Team Foundation Server
System Requirements for Team Foundation Build Service
System Requirements for Team Foundation Server Proxy
Application Lifecycle Management Features in Visual Studio 2010
Installing Team Foundation Components
Compatibility between Team Foundation Clients and Team Foundation Server
Installing Visual Studio Versions Side-by-Side
Test Controller and Test Agent Requirements
Change History
Date |
History |
Reason |
|---|---|---|
|
March 2012 |
Updated SQL Server service pack requirements. |
Customer feedback. |