Many users don’t like to work with the Visual Studio 2010 because it is still a Beta or just because they are not ready to upgrade there Visual Studio yet but still they like to use the TFS 2010.

Microsoft has release a forward compatibility update that lets Team Explorer 2008 with SP1 connect to the TFS 2010, the compatibility installation file can be downloaded from here.

After you install the compatibility add-in launch the Visual Studio 2008 and follow the steps:

Step 1: Open the Team Explorer by clicking its icon

Step 2: Click the plus icon

Step 3: Click the Servers… button

Step 4: Click the Add… button

Step 5: Add the server URL and click OK

You can see in my example that I have connected to the “vs2010beta2” server and to the “defaultcollection” collection.

Step 6: you can see that the server was added, click Close

Step 7: In this window you can choose one or more of the collection’s projects

You can now start working with the chosen projects.

Have Fun!!!