Does TFS have anything like CCTray for Build Notifications?

Question

For Cruise Control, I have CCTray that sits in my taskbar and lets me know if builds are happening or builds are breaking.

Does TFS have anything like this?

Answer 1

Or Start -> All Programs -> Visual Studio 2010 -> Team Foundation Server Tools -> Build Notifications

Personally, I find the Build Notifications app to be pretty terrible. It is slow for one. I find it better to just create email alerts whenever anything happens with a build. They are much more real time.

Edit: I just noticed you use TFS 2008. I don't have it installed to check but it should be roughly in the same location.

Edit 2: I realized the tool comes with TFS Power Tools. Find it here: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=15836

Answer 2

AnyStatus is another tool that supports multiple CI platforms, including Visual Studio vNext. It comes as a Visual Studio plug-in, and also as a Windows program (with tray icon and notifications).

More details here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/48291894/3063884