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Microsoft Team Foundation Server has RTM'd. Team Foundation Server is a workflow collaboration engine that enables the use of a team's customized process, as well as a centralized data warehouse that collects real-time intelligence on project history.

Team Foundation Server, along with the rest of Visual Studio Team System, brings together the core roles that are part of the software development process.

Bits are now available on MSDN Customers who transitioned their subscriptions to a Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition role-based subscription or the Team Suite. A trial version is available otherwise.

The MSDN version is the Workgroup Edition (448MB) which supports up to 5 users. 

System Requirements:

• SQL Server 2005 Standard/Enterprise Edition (RTM)
• Windows Sharepoint Services 2.0 with Service Pack 2

Some useful documentation links:

Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Installation Guide - the most current version of the installation guide for Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server and Team Explorer.

Team Foundation Planning Guide - this guide provides information that is required for administrators and business decision makers to plan for Team Foundation Server.

Team Foundation Administator's Guide - A comprehensive guide that covers procedures for administering Team Foundation Server.

An essential link is the MSDN Visual Studio Team System Developer center.

An upgrade package contains information on how to upgrading RC1 installations to the RTM edition.

and finally for the RC version of TFS - Visual Studio Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider - Beta 2 - Enables users of Visual Studio 6.0 and Visual Studio .NET 2003 to use TFS Version Control.