It seems that Microsoft doesn’t let us bread with all the new releases she makes.
Microsoft has released the first build for the Team Explorer 2010 Power Tools not all its functionality is available yet but it will be available with the official release.
The installation process is very simple and like with the Team Explorer 2008 Power Tools October release all will be installed using the “Next” button with the Exception of the Shell Extensions that are installed for the BPA tools.
In order to install the Shell Extensions you will need to explicitly choose it.
When you first launch the Visual Studio and the Team Explorer 2010 you get a warm feeling, feels like home again. (For users that used the Team Explorer 2008 Power Tools October Release)
You can immediately notice two things:
- Icons are changed.
- The Team Members tab is missing.
The Team Members tab will be added in the Release and will not be available for the Beta.
you can read more about the released features in Brian Harry’s post that was release a few weeks ago:
http://blogs.msdn.com/bharry/archive/2009/11/18/tfs-2010-power-tools-coming-soon.aspx
You can download the power tools from this link:
http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/0e69a28f-020c-488b-80b3-f4c89a20621d
Have Fun!!!