Can i use Team Explorer 2010 with Visual Studio 2008?

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josecortesp picture josecortesp · Nov 8, 2009 · Viewed 7k times · Source

I think the title is very clear, but also i want to say why: I already downloaded TFS 2010 and Team explorer 2010, but i'm still using VS2008 (with no short-time plans to change) My question, can i use those toghether? Also, my VS is just the professional version. I don't want to download the TE2008 because for my internet conection, it is just too big. Thanks in advance

Answer

Richard Berg picture Richard Berg · Nov 9, 2009

The 2010 client is backwards compatible with 2008 servers (though not 2005). Details: http://blogs.msdn.com/teams_wit_tools/archive/2009/10/19/compatibility-matrix-for-2010-beta-2-team-foundation-server-to-team-explorer-2008-and-2005.aspx

However, it will not integrate inside the VS2008 shell. If you want full source control integration you'll need to download TE2008 + SP1.

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