This blog post compare the current feature set of Microsoft's hosted TFS solution – Visual Studio Online (VSO) and the on-premises Team Foundation Server product.
Feature Comparison
TFS
|
VSO
| |
| Work Items, Version Control, & Build |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Agile Product/Project Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Test Case Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Heterogeneous Development (Eclipse, Git, ...) |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Ease of Installation and Setup |
+/-
|
++
|
| Collaborate with anyone, from anywhere |
+/-
|
++
|
| Data stays inside your network |
Yes
|
No
|
| Process Template & Work Item Customization |
Yes
|
No
|
| SharePoint Integration |
Yes
|
No
|
| Data Warehouse & Reporting |
Yes
|
No
|
| CodeLens Support |
Yes
|
No
|
| Cloud Load Testing |
No
|
Yes
|
| Application Insights |
No
|
Yes
|
| Always running the latest version of TFS |
No
|
Yes
|
Some other limitations of VSO (currently):
- No Data Export (there are plans to make it available for a short time period)
- No Data Import (if you want to move from on-premises TFS to VSO)
- No Integration with Active Directory (users sign in using Microsoft Accounts)
- No choice of geographic location (data stored in data center in Chicago)
