#TEAM EXPLORER FOR VISUAL STUDIO 2012 INSTALL#
#TEAM EXPLORER FOR VISUAL STUDIO 2012 FULL#
#TEAM EXPLORER FOR VISUAL STUDIO 2012 SOFTWARE#

You will then get prompted for your username and password. You can now close that window by clicking OK. You can copy the server, port and protocol information into the Team Explorer add server window: The data that you need to enter there can be found on the вЂњSource CodeвЂќ tab of your projectвЂ™s site on CodePlex by clicking on Source Control Setup / Visual Studio Team Explorer (right side of the page). From the Team Explorer window, click the вЂњAdd existing team project button:Д¬lick on the вЂњServersвЂќ button and then on the вЂњAddвЂќ button to add the relevant CodePlex server. LetвЂ™s launch the shell and connect to a CodePlex project. Once this is done, you should be up and running.

#TEAM EXPLORER FOR VISUAL STUDIO 2012 FULL#

Fortunately, it doesnвЂ™t take nearly as long as installing the full VS.

#TEAM EXPLORER FOR VISUAL STUDIO 2012 INSTALL#

Follow the instructions (the default settings should be fine) and wait for the install to complete. Open that folder and double-click вЂњSetupвЂќ. You can close ExtractNow and maybe even uninstall it until the next time you need itвЂ¦ You should now have a VS2008TeamExplorer folder next to the iso file. Now click the вЂњExtractвЂќ button and wait for the extraction to complete. The UI is a little weird: what you need to do now is right click on the white surface on the ExtractNow window and select вЂњAdd archiveвЂќ: Then, navigate to wherever you downloaded the VS2008TeamExplorer.iso file, select it and click the вЂњOpenвЂќ button. When it asks you if you want to run it, say yes. The free option IвЂ™ve selected is ExtractNow, which you can download from here:Д¬lick on the вЂњDownload ExtractNow!вЂќ link on the bottom of the page and run the installer. We wonвЂ™t burn the image to a DVD (the only reason I could see why youвЂ™d want to do that is if you want to make multiple installs, but you might as well extract the ISO to a network share). There are several options to extract or burn an ISO, but IвЂ™ll use a free one here. Now that you have the IMG file, we can extract it. Oh, by the way, to be clear, you do *not* need a version of Visual Studio on the box to install Team Explorer, it is a standalone application, but if you do have one, it will integrate with it. So you probably have time for a cup of coffee or two, trip to SeattleвЂ™s Best included. At 387.4 MB itвЂ™s a pretty big download (especially when compared with this) but it does contain the Visual Studio shell, which explains it, kind of. Just click on the вЂњDownloadвЂќ button and store the file in a local temporary folder. I wasnвЂ™t completely satisfied with the explanation (itвЂ™s still a bad customer experience) but at least there is hope as the plan is to make it a lot smoother with Visual Studio 2010. I asked the team why they made that weird and less than optimal choice, and apparently there are some technical reasons why a simple msi wouldnвЂ™t work. The first and main problem here is that Team Explorer, while free, comes in a very unfriendly format: an ISO image of the DVD.

#TEAM EXPLORER FOR VISUAL STUDIO 2012 SOFTWARE#

Over the past few years, IвЂ™ve been managing a number of small and large projects on CodePlex, and while the Subversion bridge has provided a much needed simple choice of client software, TFS remains its native protocol, which makes it still very much relevant to people who do a lot of work there.Д«ut as I said, installing the client software may be challenging. One of the challenging aspects of working with TFS as your source control system is very unfortunately the installation of the client software.

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