Can Visual Studio 2010 Express connect to Team Foundation Server 2010?

Question

I know VS 2010 Pro/Premium/Ultimate include TFS connectivity, does VS 2010 Express?

Solution 1

No it doesn't.

See this SO question (What is “missing” in the Visual Studio Express Editions?) - one of the bullet points is no Team Explorer support, meaning to TFS integration.

On this Microsoft page for VS 2010, you can see the the Pro edition with MSDN essentials subscription has none of the TFS features out of the box, suggesting that this is also the case for the express SKUs.

Solution 2

I'm not sure if you can install this http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=329

Though i don't know why you wouldn't be able to install TFS support for free, since microsoft provides a free plugin for Eclipse that you can use.

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=4240

If you log onto codeplex, it will give you a free key to use this.

Edit: The following link makes it seems like you can use it in VS

https://tfs.discountasp.net/KB/a843/visual-web-developer-20052008-and-visual-studio-2010-express.aspx

While Visual Web Developer 2005/2008 and Visual Studio 2010 Express will not directly integrate with Team Foundation Server, you can still use the Team Explorer application to connect to your server to check files out for editing.

Assuming that you have already installed Visual Web Developer 2005/2008 or Visual Studio 2010 Express on your workstation, perform the following step:

Download and install Microsoft Visual Studio Team Explorer 2010 - ISO.