You saw how the install and buy experiences for Marketplace extensions are now significantly improved in Team Foundation Server “15” RC1. When we navigate to the Test hub, we can use all the features in Test Manager. When we click Assign to users, the Users hub opens in TFS and shows the number of paid users that are available. Next we go back to the Marketplace to complete the purchase.Ĭlick Continue to select the number of users that we want to pay for.Ĭlick Continue, then Confirm. So we first navigate to TFS to determine if we can install the extension there. For all later purchases for your team project collection, the subscription is already selected.ĪSIDE: Why do we switch back and forth? An extension can have runtime dependencies that only TFS can determine. By the way, you only have to select a subscription the first time. Here the process switches back to the Marketplace and lets us to select an Azure subscription to use for billing. Click Continue to complete your purchase. Like the earlier process, the buy process also automatically recognizes TFS and lets you select a team project collection, preselecting the collection where we started. Extension trials will be available for TFS by early 2017. The “Start Trial” button won’t appear when you’re connected to TFS. Now let’s walk through how to buy a paid extension. This many-step process that involved switching between different contexts is now only a few steps. The extension is automatically downloaded from the Marketplace, uploaded to TFS, and installed in the selected team project collection. The install process automatically recognizes TFS and lets us select a team project collection, preselecting the collection where we started. Let’s install the “Branch Delete” extension. Marketplace shows your TFS name and your team project collection in the page header. We’ll start from TFS and choose Browse Marketplace.īecause we connected to the Marketplace from TFS, Marketplace shows only and all extensions that you can install on TFS. Let’s walk through installing a free extension. When you browse the Marketplace from TFS, you’ll now see a new connected experience. You can now install Visual Studio Marketplace Extensions to Team Foundation Server “15” RC1 seamlessly.

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