I would like to learn TFS. I have a windows 7 64bit computer. Is there an express free version or a trial I can use? My main goal is to learn something about TFS for a scrum project I would like to learn to create.
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you can try vsts. – Priyesh Kumar Jun 16 '18 at 05:37
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Isnt VSTS and TFS different? – user2237475 Jun 16 '18 at 05:58
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VSTS is online version of TFS with slight changes. I hope your goal is to learn scrum project management so you can use VSTS. its almost identical with on premises TFS (if you are not keen on learning backend stuffs) – Priyesh Kumar Jun 16 '18 at 06:23
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Oh, ok. I understand now. Thank you for that clarification – user2237475 Jun 16 '18 at 18:05
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The simplest way to learn TFS is to create a Visual Studio Team Services account, which is the free (for 5 users) cloud version of TFS. You can use the extension called 'Sample Data Widget' that can generate enough sample data to play with the agile planning tools.
If you want to learn configuration and setup, grab the free trial version, stick it in a VM and practice as much as you want.
Or download the VM which contains a pre-configured instance of TFS with sample data. That makes it easier to get started. There is also a whole list of hands-on labs that you can run through for both TFS and VSTS.
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@user2237475 Have you resolved the issue? If jessehouwing's answer resolved your issue, you could [Accept it as an Answer](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5234/how-does-accepting-an-answer-work), This can be beneficial to other community members reading this thread. – Andy Li-MSFT Jun 18 '18 at 08:29
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I didnt yet try the VM method because the sample data widget worked partially. It might be enough to play with VSTS. I will have a look at the VM if i cant learn enough. Having not tried the VM with TFS and sample data I will accept this as an answer I can try for later. – user2237475 Jun 20 '18 at 06:11