Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server Power Tools Released

I love the power tools available for VS 2008 TFS - they add an incredible number of features and functions both for specilaist roles and for meeting specific needs in the areas of configuration integration and administration.

The latest release is available here (Yes I know it says March release - it was published on 22 April)

This latest release has the following power tools available;

• 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

Brian Harry, a Microsoft Technical Fellow working as the Product Unit Manager for Team Foundation Server, offers more details about the content of the package released. This is a short list of the features included:

• Process Template Editor support for custom work item controls
• TFSServerManager client
• TFS BPA support for Windows Server 2008
• Work Item Template improvements
• Scriptable Team Project creation
• Support for 64-bit Sharepoint farms
• Improvements to tfpt review
• Performance improvements in tfpt online