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Vendor: Microsoft
4.2 out of 5
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What is Visual Studio Team System?

Microsoft Visual Studio Team System is a platform for productive, integrated, and extensible software development life-cycle tools that helps software teams by improving communication and collaboration throughout the software development process.

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Visual Studio Team System is the #4 ranked solution in top Software Configuration Management solutions. PeerSpot users give Visual Studio Team System an average rating of 8.4 out of 10. Visual Studio Team System is most commonly compared to IBM Rational ClearQuest: Visual Studio Team System vs IBM Rational ClearQuest.
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As of August 2025, the mindshare of Visual Studio Team System in the Software Configuration Management category stands at 1.5%, down from 1.9% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Key learnings from peers

Valuable Features

  • "The product is efficient."
  • "Visual Studio Team System is the most powerful IDE available in the market."
  • "The product helps with version control. I can build, develop, test and deploy applications from a single platform."

Room for Improvement

  • "The product must improve its stability."
  • "The tool's subscriptions are expensive for medium and small businesses. It works fine on Windows. However, it is not stable on other platforms."
  • "The product should be priced better."

Pricing

  • "The tool's licensing costs are yearly."
  • "You can choose pricing from a variety of options. I would rate the product's pricing a six out of ten."
  • "It is an open-source product from Microsoft."
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Mustapha Sedki Ben Romdhane - PeerSpot user
Sourcing Purchasing Manager at Nexans autoelectric GmbH
Verified user of Visual Studio Team System
Nov 10, 2023
A scalable and efficient solution that can be used to perform tasks involved in developing information systems

Pros

"The product is efficient."

Cons

"The product must improve its stability."

What is our primary use case?

We can use the tool to perform limited tasks in developing information systems.

What is most valuable?

The product is efficient. It is an accepted tool globally.

*Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Omar_Ismail - PeerSpot user
ECM, Archives and Digital Preservation Consultant at DataServe
Verified user of Visual Studio Team System
Apr 18, 2023
A straightforward open-source solution that delivers a solid return on investment and requires minimal effort for initial setup

Pros

"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...Every month there is an increase in the number of users. It is a scalable solution."

Cons

"The overall customer support needs to improve."

What is our primary use case?

Our organization uses Visual Studio Team System for government digital transformation and automation.

What is most valuable?

The design, the servers, and the services are the most valuable features of the solution. Overall, it is a good product.

*Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Process Manager at a marketing services firm with 201-500 employees
Verified user of Visual Studio Team System
Sep 10, 2021
An easy to install solution which is scalable and stable

Pros

"The solution is scalable, stable and has allowed us to upgrade our frameworks."

Cons

"Support response time could stand improvement."

What is our primary use case?

The solution helps the project teams to take care of all aspects of the processes for software development.

What is most valuable?

All is fine with the solution. It is scalable, stable and has allowed us to upgrade our frameworks.

*Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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DG
Dynamics 365/Ax Technical Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of Visual Studio Team System
Mar 11, 2021
Easy to use, straightforward to set up, stable, and scalable

Pros

"I am not familiar with any issues with respect to stability, and I have never seen Team System crash."

Cons

"I have seen customizations with Team System that allowed it to integrate into other ticketing systems like Jira, which would be a really nice feature to see."

What is our primary use case?

Visual Studio Team System is kind of ubiquitous in programming because it's also what a lot of systems use for their source control. It is generally used for source control and deployment, and I have a couple of clients that use it as their ticketing system. In this capacity, it is used for setting up features to be developed in running through their development processes.

What is most valuable?

This product is easy to use compared to Git, which is the alternative source control system that Microsoft is trying to push these days. Git is very difficult to use properly and it is not as feature-friendly as Team System used to be.

*Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
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Software Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of Visual Studio Team System
Feb 13, 2020
Product version discussed: 2015, 2017 Enterprise
Fast and responsive with a comprehensive functionality that is good for writing and debugging code

Pros

"IntelliSense and CodeLens are helpful because they can show you details about your function, such as how many times it is called from other places within the code."

Cons

"I would like to see the inclusion of more programming languages, especially better support for Java."

What is our primary use case?

I used this solution for software development, writing and debugging code.

What is most valuable?

What I like most is that it is a very comprehensive product.

IntelliSense and CodeLens are helpful because they help you (auto)complete your code, can show you details about methods, such as how many times it is called from other places within the code and where.

Debugging functionalities are useful too.

I also like the structure of how it creates solutions and programs. 

Visual Studio is quite fast and responsive compared to some other programs that I have used.

*Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Senior Associate at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Verified user of Visual Studio Team System
Oct 18, 2023
The most powerful IDE available in the market but can be expensive for medium and small businesses

Pros

"Visual Studio Team System is the most powerful IDE available in the market. "

Cons

"The tool's subscriptions are expensive for medium and small businesses. It works fine on Windows. However, it is not stable on other platforms. "

What is our primary use case?

We use the Visual Studio Team System as an IDE for our CRM development. 

What is most valuable?

Visual Studio Team System is the most powerful IDE available in the market. 

*Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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SB
Founder at Druansh
Verified user of Visual Studio Team System
May 8, 2023
An ALM management tool that helps the team capture project requirements

Pros

"The product helps with version control. I can build, develop, test and deploy applications from a single platform. "

Cons

"The product should be priced better. "

What is our primary use case?

The tool helps with ALM management and helps the team capture project requirements. 

What is most valuable?

The product helps with version control. I can build, develop, test and deploy applications from a single platform. 

*Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Anand Viswanath - PeerSpot user
Project Manager at Unimity Solutions
Verified user of Visual Studio Team System
May 3, 2023
A scalable solution with excellent performance and a straightforward setup

Pros

"The solution’s fast performance is its most valuable feature."

Cons

"The stability of the product could be better."

What is our primary use case?

I use the solution for software development.

What is most valuable?

The solution’s fast performance is its most valuable feature.

*Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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