Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management is a collection of integrated software development tools developed by Microsoft. These tools include IDEs, source control, work items, collaboration, metrics, and reporting tools. Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management consists of four products:
- Visual Studio, which provides an IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for development and client side interfaces for the other products.
- Visual Studio Test Professional, which provides an IDE for software testers to create and execute tests.
- Team Foundation Server, which provides Source Code collaboration and data storage.
- Visual Studio Lab Management, which provides a way for software testers to create and manage virtual environments.
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