--- title: "Synchronize Team System and ClearCase with the TFS Migration & Synchronization Tool" url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2007/9/17/synchronize-team-system-and-clearcase-with-the-tfs-migration.md" canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2007/9/17/synchronize-team-system-and-clearcase-with-the-tfs-migration.html" published: "2007-09-17T15:45:11" updated: "2007-09-17T15:45:11" tags: [".NET", "General Software Devel...", "Team System", "Visual Studio"] author: "Roy Osherove" description: "It's about time! Just got this in the mail: TFS Migration & Synchronization Tool For ClearCase Released Yesterday we released a new tool that will help customers who use both Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation…" usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)." license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" --- # Synchronize Team System and ClearCase with the TFS Migration & Synchronization Tool By Roy Osherove September 17, 2007 In [.NET](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net), [General Software Devel...](https://osherove.com/blog/category/general-software-devel), [Team System](https://osherove.com/blog/category/team-system), [Visual Studio](https://osherove.com/blog/category/visual-studio) **Historical article** · Originally published September 17, 2007; technical details may be outdated. It's about time! Just got this in the mail: #### TFS Migration & Synchronization Tool For ClearCase Released Yesterday we released a new tool that will help customers who use both Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server and ClearCase or are migrating from ClearCase to TFS.  It is available for [download](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=999220ED-3D11-411A-BB54-71DDDB724E15&displaylang=en) today at no additional charge for licensed users of TFS (server and CALs).  We are hoping to release some updates to TFS licensing soon that will simplify it for people using tools like this to synchronize TFS with other SCM systems.  For now read our [licensing whitepaper](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1FA86E00-F0A3-4290-9DA9-6E0378A3A3C5&displaylang=en) to understand the requirements. This new ClearCase -> TFS migration and synchronization tool provides the ability to migrate ClearCase data to TFS, and it also provides a service that will keep items in sync between TFS and ClearCase.  Together, these features will make the process of migrating from ClearCase to TFS much simpler, and far more automated.  It enables you to make a one time switch and preserve your data and history or it allows a longer term cooexistance by allowing different people or teams to use ClearCase and TFS while ensuring that all of the data and history is available to all users. A quick summary of the features of the tool: - Supports migration of base ClearCase VOBs - Migrate a snapshot of source control to TFS - Migrate files to Team Foundation Server while preserving history - Migrate branches to Team Foundation Server retaining the branching structure/hierarchy - Bidirectional synchronization of data between TFS and ClearCase You can get forum support at [http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=478&SiteID=1](http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=478&SiteID=1) if you have questions or need help.  We're also working to arrange official CSS phone support. In concert with releasing this new ClearCase -> TFS migration and synchronization tool, we have launched a new [web page](http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/bb840033.aspx) to serve as a hub of information about integration of TFS with other SCM products.  This includes information both on our own offerings and on third party offerings.  If you see any that are missing, please let me know and we'll make sure to get them added.  I already know of a couple of missing things - our own ClearQuest conversion tool and the offerings from [http://www.componentsoftware.com](http://www.componentsoftware.com/) Also, if you want to stay up to date on the latest news, you can follow that [TFS migration blog](http://blogs.msdn.com/tfs_migration/). ## More in .NET [All posts in .NET](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net) - Oct 6, 2007 ### [Microsoft gets Design For Testability with new MVC framework for ASP.NET- Finally.](https://osherove.com/blog/2007/10/6/microsoft-gets-design-for-testability-with-new-mvc-framework.html) - Sep 27, 2007 ### [Pimp My Visual Studio](https://osherove.com/blog/2007/9/27/pimp-my-visual-studio.html) - Aug 23, 2007 ### [Ask An ASP.NET Expert Live](https://osherove.com/blog/2007/8/23/ask-an-aspnet-expert-live.html) - Aug 8, 2007 ### [Source control hosting heats up: Dynamsoft introduces SourceAnywhere](https://osherove.com/blog/2007/8/8/source-control-hosting-heats-up-dynamsoft-introduces-sourcea.html) --- ## About the author **Roy Osherove**: Senior Solutions Architect at AWS working on AI for production and AI-driven development; author of The Art of Unit Testing and Elastic Leadership, with about 20 years of consulting and training on unit testing, TDD, team leadership and continuous delivery. ### Sites - [RobotPaper](https://robotpaper.ai/): This blog: AI patterns and anti-patterns, AI and coding agents, and engineering leadership. - [osherove.com](https://osherove.com): Roy's personal site. Author of The Art of Unit Testing and Elastic Leadership; consulting and training on unit testing, TDD, team leadership and continuous delivery, plus about 20 years of blog posts. - [The Art of Unit Testing](https://www.artofunittesting.com): The Art of Unit Testing, 3rd Edition (Manning): readable, maintainable, trustworthy unit tests, plus TDD workshops in C#, JavaScript, Java and Kotlin. - [5whys.com](https://www.5whys.com): Roy's writing on software team leadership: self-organizing teams, surviving chaos, learning mode and the Elastic Leadership model. - [Pipeline Driven](https://pipelinedriven.org): Continuous delivery and DevOps practices: build patterns, pipeline-friendly testing, DevOps metrics and enterprise DevOps. - [Elastic Leadership](https://www.elasticleadership.com): Elastic Leadership, Roy's framework for software team leaders (survival, learning and self-organizing modes). ### Social - X: https://x.com/royosherove - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/osherove/ ### Contact - Contact form: https://forms.gle/jQSx5KoXvrVA1JCK7 ### License Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page). 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