Visual Studio Team System 2006 on horizon

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Microsoft is working toward the release of the Team Foundation Server component of its lifecycle tools suite and is expected to release it later this quarter as part of the renamed Visual Studio Team System 2006, sources said.

Meanwhile, with the release of the new version of the lifecycle tools suite, Microsoft and some of its partners will provide support for agile development methodologies, including Scrum.

Microsoft released Beta 3 of TFS in September and a December CTP of the technology last month. And the company is slated to deliver a "release candidate" of TFS early in February, before making the commercial version of the technology available later this quarter, Microsoft officials said.