At the moment I am using Visual Studio 2010 Premium and I want to buy Microsoft Test Manager. My question is: should I buy Test Manager 2010 or 2012? If so, what are the risks?
Will I have the supported platforms and configurations from 2010 or from 2012 considering both versions? (I am asking from the action recording point of view)
Thank you in advance and sorry if this seems like a stupid question but I am really confused
Yes, you can. Not all features in MTM 2012 is enabled, though.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/jj618301.aspx
Search down to "Connecting to TFS 2010".
You may already have found it, but this answer can be good for others asking the same question.
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What kind of tests can be applied a program in Visual Studio 2013-TFS? I am new in testing field and my company uses TFS 2013. Can anyone suggest me some document or already applied tests document in TFS.
Thanks for supports in advanced
You can start with MSDN: Testing the application
You could read the e-book from the Microsoft patterns & practices team, Testing for Continuous Delivery with Visual Studio 2012 (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj159345).
It gives a good introduction and understanding of how you can use visual studio and related tools to test software.
Even though it is written for 2012, almost everything still applies for TFS 2013.
May be not serious question/stupid question but I tried searching in internet for Visual Studio 2005 software (I mean free download :) ) but couldn't find a place where I can get it.
Do you guys know any site from where I can download the software. If yes, can you please share the link with me.
You can get all Microsoft Express tools from here
http://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads/
2005 is no longer on the main page (if available at all), but seriously consider 2010 or 2008 editions.
The free versions of visual studio can be found here: http://www.microsoft.com/express/
if you're looking for Visual studio Web Developer Express 2005, as opposed to C#, Cnet's got it here:
http://download.cnet.com/Visual-Web-Developer-2005-Express-Edition/3000-10250_4-10421166.html
Now only if they had an edition that works with Windows 7...
I'm looking to upgrade from Visual Studio 2008 Pro to Visual Studio 2010 Pro without MSDN. On the MSDN US site there's pricing for Upgrade from Standard for $299.
On the UK MSDN site however, the only options are to buy with MSDN for £484.99. Obviously a big difference in price there!
I can't find any info as to what qualifies for the Upgrade from Standard - anyone know about this? Or whether it's available in the UK?
thanks
Richard
Not really a programming question... (but somehow it is.. it's VS after all :P)
But: Have you considered calling the microsoft support or sending them an email? I bet they can give you the sophisticated info on that matter.
The Upgrade from Standard is for
*Special upgrade for Visual Studio 2005/2008 Standard Edition customers. Does not include MSDN.
If you want more info go to
http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/buy
and just above the BUY NOW button on the left there will be a link to Chat with a Representative. They should be able to tell you if you can upgrade from 2008 Pro to 2010 Pro.
I'm also not a MSDN member. As the owner of Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition, I was able to purchase a Visual Studio 2010 Professional license for $299.
I'm assuming your confusion is coming from the fact that you own VS 2008 Pro and not VS 2008 Standard. I would think that you could take advantage of the same $299 offer, but as someone else said, I'd check with Microsoft sales first.
I believe the upgrade is from VS 2010 Standard to VS 2010 Pro - not from earlier editions.
I know vs2008 express didn't. I'm hoping this will change with vs2010. Anyone know? Link me?
Edit:
Anyone have a primary source? While "As far as I know" answers can be helpful, in this case it still leaves a possibility - which is exactly where I started.
I don't know, but I would guess that it would not. Microsoft wants to make money, and supporting ad-ins is one of the biggest reasons to pony up the dough for the standard edition. Ad-in support alone can replace a lot of the stuff that you pay for, like SVN and other source control integration, test framework integration, resharper, etc.
I know this is an old question, but it came up on a search for "Visual Studio 2012 Express Add-ins".
Here is a quote from a post by Ryan Molden (MSFT) on the Visual Studio forums:
"Express does not support AddIns. The reason it has the extension manager is that it supports project/item templates."
My experience is that the same applies to Visual Studio 2012 Express.
As far as I know, the policy regarding Add-In's and Express editions has not changed.
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
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.