Satisfying the application development needs of today's large-scale enterprises frequently requires complex, highly specialized sets of tools, technologies, and design methods. With Visual Studio 2005 Team System, Microsoft is addressing the growing complexities of applications and the life cycle required to design, develop, and deploy them by providing the tools and guidance needed to enable predictable, repeatable results without trading off productivity and innovation.

Visual Studio 2005 Team System is an extensible life-cycle tools platform that helps software teams collaborate to reduce the complexity of delivering modern service-oriented solutions. Microsoft�s offerings now include a comprehensive set of proven process frameworks, best practices, prescriptive architecture guidance, and integrated life-cycle tools that enable IT organizations to successfully deliver custom solutions on the Windows Server System. With Visual Studio 2005 Team System, organizations can:

• Reduce the complexity of delivering modern service-oriented solutions that are designed for operations.
• Facilitate collaboration among all members of a software team, including business users, project managers, architects, developers, testers, and operations managers.
• Customize and extend the Team System with their own internal tools and process frameworks or choose from over 400 supplemental products from over 200 partners.