Installing TFS on Windows 64-bit

As a 64bit Windows user, I was interested in Rob Caron’s post about installing TFS on 64bit Windows. There are a couple of gotchas. Here’s the summary from his post earlier today.

64Bit support at RTM

  • You can install the Team Foundation data tier in a dual-server deployment on a Windows 64-bit operating system that is running a 64-bit edition of SQL Server 2005. Since the Team Foundation data tier is hosted by SQL Server, it will run natively on a Windows 64-bit operating system.
  • You can install Visual Studio 2005 and Team Foundation Build on a Windows 64-bit operating system; both will run under WOW64.
  • You must install Team Foundation Server application tier, including Team Foundation Server Proxy, on a 32-bit edition of Windows Server 2003.