TFS 2013: Multiple Assembly Controller on One Computer

Question

I would like to use several build controllers on the same computer, because we have many collections of collective projects, but they are not used at the same time, so there is no real performance problem here, and most of our build servers are not used for an extended period of time. I know that this can be done with TFS 2010 and TFS 2012 ( see next post ), but this is an unsupported feature.

Can someone tell me if it is officially supported by TFS 2013, I could not find useful information about this.

Answer 1

This is still an unsupported feature. This feature will be touched loudly if it arrives.

As for the chances of getting TFS 2013 updates, I do not expect this. Maybe with TFS v14 (they skip v13) or maybe after version?

Make your voice heard in UserVoice:

• http://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/121579-visual-studio/suggestions/2037679-remove-one-one-binding-between-collection-and-buil
• http://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/121579-visual-studio/suggestions/4417771-use-a-build-controller-over-more-than-one-team-pro
• http://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/121579-visual-studio/suggestions/3872254-tfs-2012-possibility-to-have-more-than-one-build

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Update

A new build system was introduced in TFS 2015 and Visual Studio Team Services. This is an agent based. has no controllers, and you can install multiple agents on the same machine.

Agents are grouped in pools and live at the server level, which allows them to be used in collections.