We are just integrating Visual Studio Team Services as our new workflow and setting up automated builds on commits to master. Currently the individual who commits to master and
AnyStatus is a notification tool that comes as a Visual Studio add-in, or stand-alone tray icon (desktop app) that will notify upon status of build changes.
It has support for many Continuous Integration systems, including TFS vNext.
Here's is the configuration screen for adding a new project:
Here is the status screen, which appears when clicking the tray icon:
Here is the tray icon (immediately after triggering a build):
The tray icon shows a tick when all builds are OK, and a red X when at least one has failed. It shows a 'play' icon when at least one build is in progress.