Visual Studio 2010 Team Explorer

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Visual Studio 2010 Team Explorer

I just installed VS2010 and I want to connect to TFS, But I don't have any team explorer options.

I searched for Team Explorer and I found this link that states that Team Explorer comes preinstalled in VS2010 Team Suit.

I downloaded VS2010 Pro and don't have team explorer and can't find it anywhere.

Any ideas? Tips?

Thanks

+5 A:

VS2010 Pro is a different release from VS2010 Team Suit and it doesn't contain anything that has to do with TFS. If you want to connect to TFS you need to get the VS2010 Team Suit release.

This has been the norm ever since VS2005.

shoosh 2009-05-27 14:28:12

In 2005 and 2008 there is a separate install package that installs Team Explorer on top of an existing VS Pro install

Sruly 2009-05-27 15:09:37

I don't think this package exists for the beta, I assume it will exist for the final release but I don't know for sure.

William D. Bartholomew 2009-05-28 09:49:48

Its called "ultimate" or "premium".

Will 2009-10-26 17:24:41

VS 2008 Team Edition does *not* include Team Explorer! It's a separate install.

Craig Stuntz 2009-10-30 15:24:03

@craig's right - one of the most mind boggling confusing things MS ever did :-)

Simon_Weaver 2010-08-06 22:47:59

+13 A:

If you downloaded VS2010 Pro...you didn't download a version that came with Team Explorer. You need to re-download VS2010 Team System. You can grab it from MSDN or download it from:

Visual Studio 2010 Team System Beta 1 Download

UPDATE

As of Beta 2, Microsoft renamed versions a little. TFS Connectivity is now included with 'Ultimate'.

Justin Niessner 2009-05-27 14:29:31

I snagged ultimate and its included. Glad I did, now.

Will 2009-10-26 17:23:16

Amen. As of Beta 2, TFS Functionality is included with Ultimate.

Justin Niessner 2009-10-26 17:24:59

Update: As of the RTM, *all* Professional/Premium/Ultimate editions now have the Team Explorer window built in.

Jason Williams 2010-04-29 21:53:50

+9 A:

It looks like Team Explorer is also available as a separate download. The VS 2010 Beta 2 version is here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=CA86215B-A824-44E7-B4C3-982C7ECEA46D&displaylang=en

Bernard Chen 2009-11-12 06:21:59

shoosh....i doubt that. currently i'm using visual studio 2010 ultimate and it already have team explorer built-in. easily i can connect to my existing tfs server. chearsss..

Murad Mohd Zain 2010-03-23 01:29:05

+16 A:

I think there's been a misunderstanding down MS naming conventions.

All versions of Visual Studio 2010 have the ability to conenct to TFS built in, there is no longer a separate install (what was previously called Team Explorer).

What the Ultimate edition gets with what is now called Team Explorer (codename Eaglestone) is a standalone rich client for accessing TFS.

sarah 2010-04-08 10:12:49

Thanks for the clarification

Sruly 2010-04-11 08:48:00

This is correct. There are TWO "Team Explorer"s. (1) The View->Team Explorer menu opens a *window* that allows connection to TFS from all VS 2010 Professional/Premium/Ultimate editions. (2) The "Team Explorer" *product* is a standalone edition of Visual Studio that *only* contains the Team Explorer Window and some basic text/bitmap editing functionality (no langugae compilers).

Jason Williams 2010-04-29 21:51:57

+4 A:

The RTM version of Team Explorer is here: Microsoft Visual Studio Team Explorer 2010 - ISO

Simon Ferguson 2010-04-29 21:44:33

Note that this link is for a standalone Visual Studio Shell that contains the Team Explorer *window* and very little else. Access to TFS via the Team Explorer *window* is available in all Professional/Premium/Ultimate editions of VS 2010 RTM.

Jason Williams 2010-04-29 21:55:45

Right, it's a lightweight install and the functionality for a developer is limited. We found it useful to give to PMs who only need to review Work Items, Documents and Reports.

Simon Ferguson 2010-04-30 23:42:29

so what's the licensing on this?

Simon_Weaver 2010-08-06 22:49:07

I have VS2010 Ultimate and it have team explorer

samer226047 2010-05-22 08:44:08

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