Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Developers
provides advanced development tools that enable teams to build reliable, mission-critical services and applications.
Visual Studio 2005 Team for Software Testers
provides advanced load testing tools that enable teams to verify the performance of applications prior to deployment.
Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software Architects
provides visual designers that enable architects, operations managers, and developers to design service-oriented solutions that can be validated against their operational environments.
Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals
provides tools to enable change management, testing and deployment for SQL Server databases.
Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite
combines each of these products into a comprehensive lifecycle management tool that addresses the needs of multifunctional roles in an organization.
All these products are supported by
Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server, an extensible team collaboration server that enables all members of the extended IT team to effortlessly manage and track the progress and health of projects.
Processor
- 600 megahertz (MHz) Pentium processor
- 1 gigahertz (GHz) Pentium processor recommended
Operating System
Visual Studio 2005 can be installed on any of the following systems:
- Microsoft Windows 2003 Server.
- Windows XP, Service Pack 2.
- Windows 2000, Service Pack 4.
RAM(1)
- 128 megabytes (MB)
- 256 MB recommended
Hard Disk(2)
Without MSDN:
- 2 GB of available space required on installation drive
- 1 GB of available space required on system drive
With MSDN:
- 3.8 GB of available space required on installation drive with a full MSDN install or 2.8 GB of available space required on installation drive with a default MSDN install.
- 1 GB of available space required on system drive
Display
Minimum:
800 x 600 256 colors
Recommended:
1024 x 768 High Color - 16-bit
Mouse
Microsoft mouse or compatible pointing device
Notes
(1). Performance has not been tuned for minimum system configuration. Increasing your RAM above the recommended system configuration will increase your performance, specifically when running multiple applications, working with large projects, or doing enterprise-level development.
(2). When you start the Visual Studio 2005 installer, the default installation location is your system drive, which is the drive that boots your system. However, you can install the application on any drive. Regardless of the application's location, the installation process installs some files on your system drive. Consequently, ensure that the above amount of space is available on your system drive regardless of the application's location, and ensure that additional space, as listed above, is available on the drive on which you install the application.