Question

I am going to be responsible for implementing TeamCity into our development environment pretty soon. I have searched around and see no real answers, does anyone know if there is a ‘best practice’ when it comes to a build server. Is it Ok to install TeamCity on the same server as TFS, is it preferred? Or should I install it onto a dedicated server (which I can do).

Thanks

Answer 1

I would think that Microsoft’s own advice about TFS would also be relevant here:

You can host a build server on the same computer as your Team
Foundation Application-Tier Server, but, in most of these situations,
this build server should not host any build agents. Build agents place
heavy demands on the processor, which could significantly decrease the
performance of your application tier. In addition, you might want to
avoid running any build server components on the application tier
because installing Team Foundation Build Service increases the attack
surface on the computer.

So, you might see unnecessary slow downs on other operations like version control, work item tracking, etc.