A workspace includes folders on the local machine that is mapped to version-controlled folders on the Team Foundation version control server. You can create this workspace by using Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) or by opening a Command Prompt window. After you create a workspace, you typically download all of the files from the version control server into your workspace.
Refer to Create a Workspace and Get Files in Visual Studio Online Help for more information on creating a workspace by using ALM.
To create a workspace manually, perform the following:
On the File menu, click Source Control, and then click Workspaces.
In the Manage Workspaces dialog box, click Add.
Note: You can also click the default workspace and then click Edit if you want to reuse the default workspace.
For each folder that you want to map, perform the following:
Under Working folders, click the first empty row in the Source Control Folder column, and then click the ellipses (...).
In the Browse for Folder dialog box, click the folder on the server that contains the files that you want to work with, and then click OK.
Under Working folders, click the first empty row in the Local Folder column, and then click the ellipses (...)
In the Browse for Folder dialog box, click the local folder into which you want to copy the files.
(Optional) Click Make New Folder, and type a name for the new folder where your local copies should be stored.
Click OK.