What port uses Visual Studio to connect to TFS server?

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Clark Kent picture Clark Kent · May 21, 2015 · Viewed 9.9k times · Source

I'm using TFS Server 2013 en Visual Studio 2013. I want to make the TFS Server available via the internet so that (only) certain developers/ipaddresses can work at home.

My question is: What port does TFS Server use to connect to Visual studio? In other words: What port must I open/forward in my firewall for this to work?

Answer

MrHinsh - Martin Hinshelwood picture MrHinsh - Martin Hinshelwood · May 24, 2015

There is no communication from TFS to Visual Studio as all traffic flows the other way.

Visual Studio connects with 8080 by default and 443 if secured.

I would however recommend that you leave everything to Visual studio online (http://tfs.visualstudio.com) as It is already secured and does not need any firewalls to be opened.

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