The main reasons to choose Online-TFS
Cost reduction
The expenses related to an online environment are flexible. Because Online-TFS has been built
following the "Software as a Service" (SaaS) principle the expenses are always related to the number of
users at a certain moment. When a customer needs 50 developers the first month and only 10 in the
second, he will get billed for 50 users in the first and 10 users in the second month. This means a company
doesn't have to buy the full number of licenses needed during peak production. Another big benefit of Team Foundation Server as a service
is, that there are no monthly investments to keep soft- and hardware up and running.
For more information regarding cost reduction with Online-TFS, take a look at our pricing example.
Accessibility
Because it is a hosted environment, it is accessible from any location. Employees can work from home, the office or anywhere else in the world.
Having an online environment will make working with external parties or going from inhouse to outsourced development a lot easier as well.
Speed & flexibility
An account can be up-and-running within 72 hours, while an inhouse implementation would cost 4 to 8 weeks.
Optimum flexibility is achieved by scalability.
Most administrative efforts are taken of your hands, allowing you to focus on your core business.
Reliability
Online-TFS is accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This way it's possible to make builds anytime without
any delays.
Backups are made nightly. As a customer you don't have to worry wether the system is properly configured.
Security
Online-TFS provides a functional Security Engine which controls each aspect of the application. The security engine supports the defining of users, user groups, functional operations (Application Services) and authorization levels.
Security is governed at three levels:
- Each user works through a VPN-connection.
- User access authentication (login), authorization and session security. All users are uniquely identified in the Security Engine through their user ID's.
- Security on a functional level, controlling what users may or may not do.