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Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Power Tools - October 2008 Release

Brief Description
The Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Power Tools is a set of enhancements, tools and command line utilities that improve the Team Foundation Server 2008 experience.

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Quick Details
Version:2.3
Date Published:11/7/2008
Language:English
Download Size:28 KB - 15.7 MB*
*Download size depends on selected download components.

Overview

The Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Power Tools is a set of enhancements, tools and command line utilities that improve the Team Foundation Server user experience.

The following tools are installed with the tfpt.msi package:
  • Command line tool (TFPT.EXE)
  • Team Explorer IDE menu additions
  • Build Notification tool
  • TFS Best Practices Analyzer
  • Process Template Editor
  • Work Item Templates
  • Custom check-in policies
  • TFS Server Manager
  • TFS Users tool
  • Alert Editor
  • TFS Power Shell Extensions
  • TFS Windows Shell Extensions
  • Team Members Tool


Also available is the WssExt64Bit installer which provides the ability to install the Team Foundation Server WSS extensions into a 64-bit WSS instance. The RTM version of the WssExt installer that ships with Team Foundation Server 2008 does not support 64-bit WSS sites.

For more information, see Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Power Tools.

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System Requirements

  • Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2008; Windows Vista; Windows XP
  • Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server
  • Visual Studio 2008 Team Explorer

The Best Practices Analyzer and Power Shell Extensions require:
  • Windows PowerShell 1.0 (see Related Resources)

The Team Members Tool supports:
  • Live Messenger 8.0 and later
  • Office Communicator 2005 and later


Some of the tfpt.exe commands require Team Foundation Server 2008 Team Explorer SP1 to be installed.

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Instructions

Download and run tfpt.msi and follow the instructions. For this release all previous versions of the Power Tools must be uninstalled. The installer will attempt to do this for you. If the Power Tools were installed by other users accounts on you machine then you will be prompted to log in as those users and uninstall. Please refer to the TFS Power Tools Uninstall Instructions (July 08 and earlier).doc document available for download below if you have have difficulty getting all previous versions uninstalled.

Please note that the TFS Windows Shell Extensions are not installed by default. Choose Custom when prompted at installation to add the tool to the installed components.
For the WssExt 64-bit installer download and run WssExt64bit.msi and follow the instructions. For more information, see Team Foundation Installation Guide

For help with Team System Process Editor, see PEUserGuide.doc in the Process Template Editor sub-directory of the Team Foundation Power Tool installation directory.

The TFS Server Manager and TFSUSers executables are located in the Team Foundation Power Tool installation directory.

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Files in This Download

The links in this section correspond to separate files available in this download. Download the files most appropriate for you.
File Name:File Size

tfpt.msi

11.0 MB

TFS Power Tools Uninstall Instructions (July 08 and earlier).doc

28 KB

WssExt64Bit.msi

4.7 MB

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