I have an access to TFS 2012 but I can only use Visual Studio Express for Windows Desktop for the moment. Will I encounter problems besides the limitations of the express edition?
VS Express doesn't include a CAL for TFS. You will have to purchase a CAL separately if you wish to be legal. But other than that there should be no limitations.
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I am using microsoft visual web developer 2010 express edition.
i want to create windows service but, the template is missing .
how can i install this missing template.
thanks and regards
Mohit Leekha
This is listed as a limitation within the Express Edition of Visual Studio 2010. I'm sure you can do something not so ethical to get around it to build a template, you can google for that one.
Now, you can build a windows service without the template, you just will not have all of the fancy design time support for a few items.
You should use Visual Basic (or C#) 2010 Express, not the Web version to build a Windows Service.
I made a template for Visual Studio 2010 Express you can get it at my blog: http://blog.larmib.com/2011/windows-service-template-for-visual-studio-2010-express/ it is for Visual Basic.
Has any found an easy way to synchronize requirements stored in CaliberRM with requirement work items in TFS 2010? In the past, Borland produced an add-in to CaliberRM to do so. But, the current version only supports TFS 2008 and we were told that there is no plans to support TFS 2010. I think I might have to write my own synchronizer, but I'm hoping I don't have to re-invent the wheel.
If CaliberRM supports TFS 2008 then you probably just install Team Explorer 2008 and the Forward Compatibility update and let CaliberRM use the old TFS 2008 API calls to talk to the TFS 2010 server.
I have Sharepoint 2007, and I am going to buy Visual Studio for the first time.
Does Visual Studio 2010 work with Sharepoint 2007?
Yes of course it does. But be aware of the different versions of Visual Studio.
VS 2010 you can build workflows, list definitions, site definitions, web parts, etc. etc.
You can't buy Visual Studio 2010 yet. It's not due to be released until this spring.
Can I use Visual Studio Professional with Team Foundation Server 2008?
Yes, provided you have a client access license (CAL) to use Team Foundation Server.
You will have to install the client tools (Visual Studio Team Explorer), which comes packaged with Team Foundation Server.
You didn't say the version of the Visual Studio. For general things like version control, work items, team builds you can definitely use VS 2005/2008 Pro with TFS 2008.
However if you are using VS 2010 beta 2 things are a bit different.
Check this link for a full compatibility matrix.
You will have to clarify what you mean by "use." Certainly some features no, others yes.
We are setting up a new TFS 2008 implementation as our first usage of TFS for source control. We have several projects in Visual Studio 2003, 2005 and 2008, as well as other script/non-Visual Studio based projects.
My question is, for the Visual Studio 2003 and 2005 projects do we have to install Team Explorer 2003/2005 and make use of them to add projects to source control and to check out/in files, or, can we just use Team Explorer 2008 to add projects and check in/out files? The thought being that the developer could use 2008 to check out any thing and then open the appropriate visual studio version to work on their local instance of the project before then checking it back in using team explorer 2008 within their local visual studio 2008 application.
The concern is that by using team explorer 2008, that visual studio 2008 might impose changes on the older systems solutions dll or control details.
Thanks for any guidance.
This is possible. I have colleagues who are using Team Explorer for non-code files (Word documents, help files, etc.) and use it like they would VSS or any other SCC.
As an added bonus, I'm pretty sure that TFS Server 2008 is backwards compatible to at least 2005 (haven't run against 2003 in awhile). IIRC, I've run VSTS 2005 For Developers against a 2008 TFS Server.
I would double-check for you, but I've recently recently re-imaged my dev machine and haven't re-installed 2005 (working on new stuff!).
As an aside, I've found TFS to be a huge timesaver as far as the whole dev process. The IDE integration is top notch, and the linked bug/task tracking and changesets, with alerts, notes, built-in queries and reports had me wondering how I ever got along w/o it.
HTH.
The Team Foundation Client for VS 2005 and VS 2008 can be installed side by side so there's no issue there (there isn't one for VS 2003, but you could probably use the MSSCCI provider).
You can however, if you want to, do all of your source control operations in VS 2008 (or the Windows Explorer extensions in the latest power tools) but work on the projects from VS 2003/2005 without any issues. You just need to make sure you don't accidentally open the project files from within VS 2008 because that will upgrade the project format.