The October 2008 release of the Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Power Tools has just released.  I won’t waste a lot of your reading-time with my thoughts on the subject.  I will just tell you what’s in it, and give you the download location.

Overview of the Power Tools

The Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Power Tools is a set of enhancements, tools and command line utilities that improve the Team Foundation Server user experience.
The following tools are installed with the tfpt.msi package:

• Command line tool (TFPT.EXE)
• Team Explorer IDE menu additions
• Build Notification tool
• TFS Best Practices Analyzer
• Process Template Editor
• Work Item Templates
• Custom check-in policies
• TFS Server Manager
• TFS Users tool
• Alert Editor
• TFS Power Shell Extensions
• TFS Windows Shell Extensions
• Team Members Tool

Also available is the WssExt64Bit installer which provides the ability to install the Team Foundation Server WSS extensions into a 64-bit WSS instance. The RTM version of the WssExt installer that ships with Team Foundation Server 2008 does not support 64-bit WSS sites.

Here’s the download location: Click here

~Robert Shelton

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