Is TFS 2012 Express compatible with Windows Home Server 2011?

Question

Hi guys

As per subject really.  I'm looking at buying a development server.  I was looking at buying one with Windows Home Server 2011 and installing TFS 2012 Express on it?  

I just wondered if it was compatible with WHS?

Thanks

Mark

Answer 1

Hi Mark,

Thank you for your post.

TFS 2012 Express Supported following Operating Systems:

• Windows 7 SP1 (x86 and x64)
• Windows 8 (x86 and x64)
• Windows Server 2008 SP2 (x64)
• Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (x64)
• Windows Server 2012 (x64)

Supported following Architectures:

• 32-bit (x86)
• 64-bit (x64)

TFS 2012 Express does not support Windows Home Server 2011.

Regards,

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Lily Wu [MSFT]
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Answer 2

Hi Mark,

Thank you for your post.

TFS 2012 Express Supported following Operating Systems:

• Windows 7 SP1 (x86 and x64)
• Windows 8 (x86 and x64)
• Windows Server 2008 SP2 (x64)
• Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (x64)
• Windows Server 2012 (x64)

Supported following Architectures:

• 32-bit (x86)
• 64-bit (x64)

TFS 2012 Express does not support Windows Home Server 2011.

Regards,

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Lily Wu [MSFT]
MSDN Community Support | Feedback to us

Hi Lily.

I understand this. However, I know people have installed TFS 2010 on Windows Home Server 2011.  So I wondered if this would be the case with TFS 2012, it's not necessarily supported but will work?

Thanks

Answer 3

Hi Mark,

In official, i suggest you install corresponding supported application for TFS. Also, as you said, some one has installed TFS 2010 on windows homw server 2011, but it not means there is no risk in future usage, so i recommend you install supported OS.

Regards,

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Lily Wu [MSFT]
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Answer 4

Hi Mark,

As Lily said it is not supported, but it should work.  

This is the only issue I have seen around TFS 2012 + WHS 2011, and we were not able to reproduce it in a test environment.

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsserversolutionssdk/thread/a6fc88f3-caa9-425c-aa07-eebe18f6faf6

Hope that helps,

Chris

Answer 5

Hi Mark,

As Lily said it is not supported, but it should work.  

This is the only issue I have seen around TFS 2012 + WHS 2011, and we were not able to reproduce it in a test environment.

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsserversolutionssdk/thread/a6fc88f3-caa9-425c-aa07-eebe18f6faf6

Hope that helps,

Chris

Hi Chris

Thanks for the reply.  One last question.  Do you know if the TFS 2012 installation does a system check on processor etc?  

I was looking at buying this (http://www.ebuyer.com/281915-hp-proliant-turion-ii-n40l-microserver-100-cashback-658553-421) as a home server as there is currently a great deal on it with £100 cashback.  But the processor speed is lower than the min specs for TFS2012...

Thanks

Mark

Answer 6

Hi Mark,

The following table includes hardware guidelines for teams installing Team Foundation Server without SharePoint Products. You can find the detail information from TFS 2012 installation guide.

Number of users	Configuration	CPU	Memory	Hard disk
Fewer than 250 users	Single-server (Team Foundation Server and the Database Engine on the same server).	1 single core processor at 2.13 GHz	2 GB	1 disk at 7.2k rpm (125 GB)
250 to 500 users	Single-server.	1 dual core processor at 2.13 GHz	4 GB	1 disk at 10k rpm (300 GB)
500 to 2,200 users	Dual-server (Team Foundation Server and the Database Engine on different servers). This row is for Team Foundation Server.	1 dual core Intel Xeon processor at 2.13 GHz	4 GB	1 disk at 7.2k rpm (500 GB)
	This row is for the Database Engine with 500 to 2,200 users.	1 quad core Intel Xeon processor at 2.33 GHz	8 GB	SAS disk array at 10k rpm (2 TB)
2,200 to 3,600 users	Dual-server. This row is for Team Foundation Server.	1 quad core Intel Xeon processor at 2.13 GHz	8 GB	1 disk at 7.2k rpm (500 GB)
	This row is for the Database Engine with 2,200 to 3,600 users.	2 quad core Intel Xeon processors at 2.33 GHz	16 GB	SAS disk array at 10k rpm (3 TB)

Regards,

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Lily Wu [MSFT]
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