TFS 2008/2010 vs Jenkins for Continuous Integration

Question

Does anyone have specific experiences with using TFS 2008/2010 AND Jenkins for Continuous Integration (CI)? We are trying to decide which CI server to use. Our team works exclus

Answer 1

I would highly recommend using Jenkins - it will do all of your requirements out of the box apart from possibly #3, but if you can script your deployments then it can do that as well.

Here are some links to help you get your builds up and running:

Blog about doing .NET builds in Jenkins

Jenkins Windows installers

Installing the Jenkins master and slaves as Windows services

Disclaimer: I have no experience with TFS, but I think open solutions are nearly always more flexible and extensible (and cheaper !) than proprietary products.