9 Reasons Why TeamCompanion

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1. TeamCompanion bridges collaboration of stakeholder and development worlds
   One of the most popular email clients today is Microsoft Outlook. TeamCompanion extends it and lets various project stakeholders (particularly business ones) to take part in Team Foundation Server based projects, using the tool they are accustomed to. No need any more to have Visual Studio installed in order to be a part of the development team.

2. TeamCompanion supports wide TFS integration scenarios
   TeamCompanion supports virtually all work item management, reporting and SharePoint document library integration features of Team Explorer.

3. TeamCompanion makes project communication and collaboration more efficient – it enables easy transition between emails and Work Items
   Use TeamCompanion to easily attach email based business requirements to TFS Work Items. This way emails will always be close to the subject of discussion, will never get lost in obscure folders, and it will be possible to track them down within TFS at any time. It is easy to create a work item from an email, or to create an Outlook task or a meeting invitation from a work item - TeamCompanion automatically copies information from the work item into a mail or a meeting request. This transition is, of course, highly configurable.

4. TeamCompanion lets you take your Work Items offline
   TeamCompanion features an offline mode that enables working with Work Items (in read-only mode) even when not connected to the Team Foundation Server.

5. TeamCompanion offers familiar user interface along with Outlook productivity features
   TeamCompanion uses the same familiar user interface similar to Team Explorer for many features. On the other hand, it exploits a bulk of Outlook productivity features like grouping, filtering, customizable views and favorite folders. Together with complete Work Item information available even offline, this gives work with TFS in Outlook an additional edge and makes it efficient and easy.

6. Organize your team work using Work Items and organize yourself using Outlook
   Use Work Items to organize your project related tasks. For all other activities there are Outlook tasks, appointments and remainders at your disposal. TeamCompanion takes care of easy transition between both.

7. Easily configurable and adaptable
   The way a mail, appointment or task is created based on a Work Item is highly customizable.

8. TeamCompanion is the only TFS client tool you need!
   If you don’t use Visual Studio on a daily basis, TeamCompanion is the only TFS client you will ever need. Even as a developer, to communicate and collaborate with your team mates, TeamCompanion will serve you best.

9. Secured future
   TeamCompanion already supports a bulk of features regarding work item management and reporting. But the development of further functionalities is far from finished. You can expect TeamCompanion to give you even more power and to cover other parts of Team System in near future, thus making TeamCompanion the best companion for your Team System!

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