Would I have tighter control with TFS as opposed to Visual Studio Online?

We have developers from all over the world and I want to make sure that our code which is our company's intellectual property is as secure as possible. We're currently using Visual Studio Online but a potentially disgruntled developer can log into VSO and
download our code into his/her local computer. I really want to prevent this scenario.
Would I have tighter control and security by implementing our own TFS server in a VM on Azure?
Thanks, Sam

Here's further clarification of my scenario:
First, we're entirely on Azure -- no on-premises network. We have a virtual network on Azure along with our ADs, VMs, etc. Our developers, both internal and external, use RemoteApp to write to their code so everything stays in the "cloud".
The problem with Visual Studio Online (VSO) is that a disgruntled developer could use his/her login credentials to log into VSO and download the code into their local machine.
Our objective is to keep everything that belongs to the company within our "virtual network" on Azure and NOWHERE ELSE.
Correct me if I'm wrong but I think a traditional TFS approach -- running on a VM within our virtual network -- may give me tighter security due to the fact that there's no public "end point" where a developer can connect. Therefore we should be
able to restrict code access to devices i.e. RemoteApp within our virtual network ONLY.
Is that a fair assumption or not?
P.S. I really don't want to manage yet another VM and we LOVE using services but I feel a service based approach such as VSO may not necessarily satisfy our security needs.
Thanks, Sam

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Message Edited by S G on 12-18-2007 03:38 PM
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I know when you copy and paste a control or indicator, LabVIEW automatically increments the label. But since you can hide the label, and show or hide the caption, there must be another mechanism that LabVIEW uses to keep track of all the controls. I thought I remember back in the "old days" (ver 6 or 6i) LabVIEW would give you an error if you tried to make two controls with the same name. Perhaps that was LabWindows/CVI.
I don't know where the index is actually stored, but if you look at a property node linked to the Pane, you will see an array of references to the controls and indicators. Since the references are stored in an array, I assume that any local variables are tied to the index of that array. Since the labels themselves are properties of the control, I guess there's no reason to limit what that label is. They all have a unique index number.
Interestingly, this array of references grows from the beginning. That is, any new control or indicator is put at index 0, not the end of the array.
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