How can I connect to on-premises TFS using Visual Studio Code?

Question

How can I connect to on-premises TFS using Visual Studio Code? Is that possible the same way as in Visual Studio?

Answer 1

If you need to use Git, all you need is Visual Studio Code. Git is a built-in feature.

In order to also use TFVC you'll need to install an extension. You'll need Visual Studio Code and the Azure Repos Extension and a recent version of Team explorer and/or Team Explorer Command Line Client.

To edit Azure Pipelines (available in Azure DevOps Server 2019), you'll need to also install this Azure Pipelines extension.

The naming is a bit confusing, but these Azure DevOps extension also work with recent version of Team Foundation Server and Azure DevOps Server (new name).