Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server

For more information about project groupings and solution structure, see “Chapter 03,
Structuring Projects and Solutions in Source Control.”
For more information about branching scenarios and related folder structures, see
“Chapter 5, Defining Your Branching and Merging Strategy.”
Workspaces Explained
A TFS workspace is a client-side copy of the files and folders in TFS source control. A
workspace maps source control folders to local file system directories. When you make
changes to files within the workspace on your local computer, the local changes, referred
to as pending changes, are isolated in your workspace until you check them into the
server as an atomic unit. The collective set of changes, checked in as a batch is referred to
as a changeset.
A single workspace can contain references to multiple team projects. You can also use
multiple workspaces to isolate files or versions for your use only. Workspaces are per
computer, per user account. Therefore, you can have different workspace definitions for
each computer you use. Also, as a single user, you can have multiple workspaces on a
single computer.
Note: You can only map each physical location on the local file system by using a single
workspace. However, you can map each server directory to entirely different local
directories by using different workspaces.
Creating a New Workspace Mapping
Because mappings are recursive, when you create a new workspace mapping and you
perform a Get Latest Version operation at the root of that workspace, the entire local
folder structure is created automatically. The newly created local folder structure matches
the server structure.
Keep the following recommendations in mind when you create new workspace
mappings:
• The project owner must ensure that the correct folder structure is used locally prior to
adding the solution to source control for the first time.
• When establishing a workspace mapping for a team project for the first time and
performing a Get Latest operation, be sure to map the root team project folder into an
appropriate local folder such as C:\DevProjects\TeamProject1.
Where Are Workspace Mappings Stored?
Workspace information is maintained on both the client and the server. On the client,
workspace information is held in VersionControl.config which is located in the following
folder:
\Documents and Settings\[user]\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Team
Foundation\1.0\Cache.