Microsoft has released new support for the Scrum method of agile development in its eScrum tool. eScrum is a Web-based, end-to-end project management tool for Scrum built on the Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server platform, Microsoft said. Scrum is an agile method for management of software development projects.

Microsoft's eScrum provides multiple ways for developers to interact with their Scrum project—eScrum Web-based UI, Team Explorer, and Excel or Project, via Team Foundation Office Integration. In addition, eScrum provides a single place for all Scrum artifacts such as product backlog, sprint backlog, task management, retrospective, and reports with built-in context sensitive help, Microsoft officials said.