# Connecting to Source Control

Astera features integration with Team Foundation Server and VSTS to manage version control over your projects.

To connect to a *Source Control* server, navigate to

*Project > Source Control > Connect to Source Control Server*

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### Connecting to TFS

Windows Authentication can be used to connect to a Team Foundation Server. This uses the current user which is logged on to Windows and uses the windows credentials to authenticate the user.

### Connecting to VSTS

Various authentication methods can be used to connect to Visual Studio Team Services (Visual Studio Online). When using these authentication methods, the *Path* can be set as empty with *Port* set to 0.

*Alternate Authentication* can be enabled inside the Security settings for your Visual Studio account. This enables the account to have a manageable separate username and password.

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*Personal Access Tokens* can also be enabled and uses a generated token to authenticate the account.

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Rest Authentication provides a built in prompt to login using your Microsoft account.