{"id":8231,"date":"2007-12-21T20:00:20","date_gmt":"2007-12-21T20:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/bharry\/2007\/12\/21\/december-07-release-of-the-tfs-power-tools-for-tfs-2008-are-available\/"},"modified":"2018-08-14T00:27:39","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T00:27:39","slug":"december-07-release-of-the-tfs-power-tools-for-tfs-2008-are-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/december-07-release-of-the-tfs-power-tools-for-tfs-2008-are-available\/","title":{"rendered":"December '07 Release of the TFS Power Tools for TFS 2008 are Available!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we released the first version of the Team Foundation Server 2008 Power Tools.  This new release is primarily intended for use with a VS 2008 client.  All VS integrated components with this new release will only integrate with VS 2008.  Power Tool features in this release require that the Team Explorer 2008 be installed.  Those features that do not integrate directly with Visual Studio (e.g. command line tools) can easily be used in concert with VS 2005 development.  The TFS 2005 Power Tools<\/a> are still available for the VS 2005 client.  <\/p>\n

Download URLs<\/u><\/p>\n

Power Tools: http:\/\/msdn2.microsoft.com\/en-us\/tfs2008\/bb980963.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

MSSCCI Provider update: http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/downloads\/details.aspx?FamilyId=FAEB7636-644E-451A-90D4-7947217DA0E7&displaylang=en<\/a><\/p>\n

There are many new features\/updates in this release.  They include…<\/p>\n

MSSCCI Provider<\/strong> – We’ve updated the MSSCCI provider (that enables TFS access from VS 2003, VS 2002, VS 6 and a host of other IDEs) to use the TFS 2008 object model.  In the process we’ve fixed as many bugs that have been reported as we could.<\/p>\n

Build Notification Tray app<\/strong> – We’re releasing our first Power Tool version of the build notification tray app.  This tool allows you to monitor the current status of automated builds easily.  You can be notified immediately when a build fails (or succeeds even) so that you can address it promptly.  A failure notification will appear like…<\/p>\n

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From which you can easily navigate to the build status window which allows you find out more info on the build.  Or you can go to the changesets\/workitems that are in the build.<\/p>\n

Process Template Editor<\/strong> – In addition to hosting the Process Template Editor in the VS 2008 IDE, we’ve made bug fixes and small improvements.  They include:<\/p>\n