Integrate Visual Studio 2003 with the Team Foundation Server Process

The Team foundation server is release by Microsoft after Visual studio 2003, so the visual studio 2003 has to go through a couple of manual configuration process to be able to work with Team Foundation Server.

1. Download “Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider” from Microsoft Website. (The download link could change in the future, it’s best to download a copy and store it on some place on the server).

2. The prerequisite to this installation is that you must already have:

   1. Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server

   2. Visual Studio 2005 Team Explorer

   3. .NET Framework 2.0

If you already work with Team Foundation Server with the Visual Studio 2005, you should already have those program installed.

3. To add an existing project to the Team Foundation Server, Right Click the Solution you want to add to the Team Foundation Server, and click “Add solution to source control”.

4. Select the Tfs server you want to connect to: (If it’s the first time you connect to the Tfs server, you have to type in the Tfs server name you want to connect to.)

5. Add the project to the Tfs Server.

6. After adding the project, you can see all the icons turned to “checked in” status.

7. You can also go to File -> Source Control to add an existing project to the solution.