Is it possible to use Visual Studio 2015 with Team Foundation 2017.
I'm asking because if I create a new Team Project from visual studio I get the following error:
TF400324: Team Foundation services are not available from the server.
Technical information (for administrator):
TF200038: You cannot create a team project with your version of Team Explorer. Contact your system administrator to determine how to upgrade your Team Explorer client to the version compatible with Team Foundation Server.
According to this
article , with Team foundation 2015 you should use at least VS 2015.
If the logic is the same I would say that I cannot use TF2017 with VS 2015.
Can anyone confirm me this or tell me that I'm wrong?
The Team Explorer in Visual Studio is generally compatible with newer versions of Team Foundation Server, but with some exceptions.
You can see the details specified by Microsoft here: Requirements and compatibility. Under Client compatibility they have the following statement:
Only the latest version has "full" compatibility with the latest Team Foundation Server, because this will be the only client that contains components that can interface with new features for that release, and will also be the only client from which you can perform certain administrative tasks such as creating new team projects.
You can however use the web interface for most administration operations.
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I am trying to set up Team Foundation Server for my official visual studio projects, and we have set up TFS 2015 - Basic Server setup.
I have been working with Visual Studio 2012 in my development machine and trying to connect to the TFS and add projects to it.
When I go to File -> New Team Project, I got an error saying 'TF0172: You are trying to create a team project either without required permissions or with an older version of Team Explorer. Contact your project administrator to check your permissions or to determine how to upgrade Team Explorer'.
I have admin rights in the TFS server as well as in the development machine so the error machine does not look like it is a permission issue.
So trying to see if VS2012 is compatible with TFS 2015, or is it possible to make both compatible?
I have also updated my Visual Studio 2012 with the update 5.
Creating a team project requires a matching version of Visual Studio. So, to create a team project in TFS 2015, you need Visual Studio (or Team Explorer) 2015.
I'm looking for a way to do administrative tasks such creating new team projects having installed Team Foundation Server 2015 previously without having to install Visual Studio Community 2015. In older versions of TFS, I could use Team Explorer for creating team projects but now which version of Team Explorer can I use to do it on TFS 2015?
The Team Explorer is gone for 2015 "wave": "we are not going to ship a Team Explorer 2015 stand-alone GUI".
To create a new team project you have to use Visual Studio 2015:
"Only the latest version has "full" compatibility with the latest Team Foundation Server, because this will be the only client that contains components that can interface with new features for that release, and will also be the only client from which you can perform certain administrative tasks such as creating new team projects" link
You need at least Team Explorer installed. There's no way around it. The problem is that Microsoft isn't shipping Team Explorer 2015 as a stand-alone package. You can install Community and use that.
Once you have Team Explorer available, you can use the Team Foundation Power Tools to create a Team Project from the command line, though.
If you don't want to install Visual Studio 2015 (8GB across all drives) for Team Explorer only you can follow the workaround explained in that article : http://www.sqlshack.com/wheres-my-team-explorer-2015/ basically by using an older version of Team Explorer and the Excel add-in
Can you use Visual Studio Community with Team Foundation Server Express?
Our development team is looking into low cost ways of developing applications and was wondering if this possible? Were a team of 5.
Yes It can, however It still need installed on a server. You should use Visual Studio Online (cloud based TFS) which provides 5 users for free...
http://tfs.visualstudio.com
Team Explorer connects Visual Studio to team projects. If you don’t need Visual Studio, but do want to connect to Team Services or TFS or get one or more Team Foundation add-ins, you can install the free Visual Studio Community.
Clients that connect to Team Services or TFS include Visual Studio Community.
As per the latest update. Team Foundation Server 2015 Update 2 is free for up to five users, replacing TFS Express. Existing TFS Express users can run an upgrade to the Team Foundation Server 2015 Update 2 and continue to use it free for up to five users. For the sixth user and beyond, CALs must be used. For more info you can check the Visual Studio licensing white paper.
We are trying to figure out if we can make use of Release Management for our Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment needs.
It says that the Release Management Client requires VS 2013 Premium/Ultimate/Test. Does it mean it's only the person who is configuring the build needs to have such version and other developers can still use their VS 2013 Pro?
Does the Release Management Server for TFS 2013 has it's own license which is different from Microsoft Deployment Agent 2013?
Does the product now supports Visual Studio Online? If it helps, we have a TFS proxy and build server in-house.
Thanks
To answer the only technical question you asked: Release Management does not support Visual Studio Online at the moment.
You can read the licensing information here, which pretty clearly answers the questions you have:
http://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/how-to-buy-release-management-vs.aspx
Is it possible to connect Visual Studio 2010 Professional edition to TFS (project hosted on Codeplex)?
This states, it is not included in Professional edition:
http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products
However, for VS 2008, there was separate download of Team Explorer and it was posible also for Professional version.
Is this changed for VS 2010?
Team Explorer is included in most editions of Visual Studio 2010. Try going to the View menu and if Team Explorer is listed then you have it installed.
If you do need to download Team Explorer then you can do so from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=fe4f9904-0480-4c9d-a264-02fedd78ab38
Note that TFS is licensed on a per-user basis on people connecting to the server needing to be covered by a Client Access License (CAL). If you have Visual Studio without an MSDN subscription then you also need to purchase a TFS CAL to be licensed to use TFS. (A new benefit of MSDN Subscriptions with the Visual Studio 2010 release is that all levels now include a TFS CAL as well as a full TFS license)
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The TFS client is included with most editions (Professional & above). No separate install. See http://blogs.msdn.com/jasonba/archive/2010/02/11/team-explorer-is-included-in-visual-studio-2010.aspx
I'm using the Ultimate Version and I have a Team Tab at the top that has a "Connect to Team Foundation Server" option as well as a Team Explorer Tab.
I just looked through my msdn account and I see a "Visual Studio Team Explorer 2010" as a separate download.