I never got to use TFS, but I'd sum up the benefits with /integration/. The MS dev ecosystem is amazing. I write software now for Linux on Mac OS X. I use Intel

I never got to use TFS, but I'd sum up the benefits with /integration/. The MS dev ecosystem is amazing. I write software now for Linux on Mac OS X. I use IntelliJ, Netbeans, virtual box, and a whole bunch of bash to tie it all together. If I want to do a deploy of my lambda software, I edit some Python in IntelliJ, I then run a build and upload it to lambda using some bash scripts, and test it using the GUI in Chrome. If I'm editing C code, I edit some code in Netbeans, and edit it over Netbeans SSH integration in VB. I then go compile it using make on the remote machine, and load it. I have a bunch of bash scripts to do testing on that remote machine that are executed via SSH. ----- I have several more duct taped integrations. With VS, this is all in one system.