It will open check in twice, one from VS 2008 and one from VS 2013 You’ll be able to check in changes as well Remember, MSSCCI is to enable VC Integration for older projects in VS 2005/2008. Will look for a folder with solution file. If the Local Folder does not exist, it will prompt to create,Ĭlicking “Yes” will create a local map and complete workspace creation. It’s recommended to use Server Workspace for MSSCCI You may get a pop up that says the workspace will be converted to Server Workspace. You’ll then be able to map and work with the files within VS 2008 It will accept if you give the complete URL with collection. This is because TFS 2008 did not have a concept of collections and hence VS 2008 client is oblivious to it. If you have multiple collections, you must add them separately as different TFS servers. : You must give the complete collection URL. Go back to VS 2008, File -> Source Control -> Open from Source Control… (It means, OpenĬlick on ‘Servers…’ and give the TFS 2017 URL It will launch VS/TE 2013, let it run in the background (don’t close it) Go to File -> Source Control, Launch Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider Go to Tools -> Options, change Source control provider to Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider. (If you have any other MSSCCI Provider for older version of VS, you need to uninstall them first, then install this one)

Install Team Explorer/VS 2013 if not installed. (this is a requirement, you need this installed for MSSCCI to work) VS 2008 with Team Explorer Component, it is recommended that you have the latest Service Pack/Update. The goal is simply to allow developers to continue working with legacy applications in an upgraded server. Only includes support for source control integration and MSSCCI commands. This article aims to give steps to connect to TFS 2015/2017 using Visual Studio 2008 and MSSCCI Provider.

As many organizations are upgrading to TFS 2017, there is a growing concern for version controlling old legacy projects on VS 2005/2008, and some confusion on steps to connect to Version Control of TFS 2017 using older Visual Studio (2005/2008) using the MSSCCI provider.

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