We need to allow users to check-out check-in files in Windows Explorer.
Is it mandatory to install Visual Studio in order to use Team Explorer or TFS Power Tools?
What kind of licenses will be needed?
Team Explorer connects Visual Studio to projects in Azure DevOps. You can manage source code, work items, and builds. The operations available to you depend on which source control option—Git or Team Foundation version control (TFVC) —was selected to manage source code when the project was created.
You can install Team Explorer which is free (but still uses the VS shell), this doesn't require any kind of Visual Studio license: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/devops/2017/04/05/reintroducing-the-team-explorer-standalone-installer/
Then you can install the TFS Power Tools to get the Windows Explorer extension which allows you to do basic source control operations in Windows Explorer.
Note: If you are connecting to an on-premise TFS you still need to purchase TFS CAL's. If you are using Azure DevOps (formerly Visual Studio Online) you get 5 users for free.
Go to https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/
Go to All downloads > Visual Studio 2019 > Visual Studio Team Explorer 2019 > Download
Run the installer
Download from here
You may need to reboot to finish installation.
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