Team System 2010 on Windows 7

From the days of pain installing TFS 2005, this post is almost pointless: the 2010 installations of both Team Suite and Team Foundation Server are just about as simple as can be.

Here is my installation on a Lenovo W500 running Windows 7 64bit:

1. Windows 7 64bit installed on a VHD (walkthrough, videos on Edge), then all Windows Updates (including Silverlight).

2. Downloaded Team Foundation Server 2010 Beta 2 ISO from MSDN, extracted with 7-zip, run setup.exe:

With a blank Windows installation, lots to add / update:

Now remember, this is on Windows 7, yet I can get both Team Foundation Server with Source Control and Work Items and the Build service:

Then click the Install button, have a coffee, wait for the restart (at .NET 4.0):

and you’re done with Phase 1:

Notice the “Launch Team Foundation Server Configuration” checkbox at the bottom left – keep it checked and click Finish; here is the beautiful splash screen for the configuration wizard:

Notice this will be a “Basic” installation of TFS, essentially meaning no SharePoint and no Reporting Services:

For me, this is the best part about the Basic installation: “Click Next until Done” :)

For the paranoid, clicking “Verify” does offer a warm fuzzy feeling to help you over the last hesitation of clicking that final “Configure” button:

And that is why installing TFS 2010 is hardly worth a blog post:

Enjoy!