Visual Studio and TFS 2008 Compatibility with Earlier VS/TFS Versions
As most people are aware we released VS and TFS 2008 some months ago, but what seems to be a question that most people are asking is about compatibility. Well our MVP Grant Holiday and VSTS Product Group GURU Brian Harry has posted the most clear and informative I can find on the subject:
The chart below from Grant Holiday's site..provides a good view of what compatibility looks like between all of the VS/TFS products and Power tools. Check out the rest of the information on this on his blog: https://ozgrant.com/2007/10/22/vsts-2005-2008-compatibility-matrix/
For the roadmap of compatibility and quite frankly to hear the VSTS information from the horse's mouth so to speak, check out BHarrry's blog on TFS Features at: https://blogs.msdn.com/bharry/archive/2007/08/08/final-tfs-2008-feature-list.aspx
| Products | VS 2005 | VS 2008 | TFS 2005 | TFS 2008 | Build 2005 | Build 2008 | TE 2005 | TE 2008 | Web Access | Power Tools | VS Addins |
| VS 2005 | - | Yes. Note #1 | Yes | Yes. Note #2, #3 | Yes. V8.0 SLN files build. | Yes. Note #2, #3 | Yes | Yes. Note #1 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VS 2008 | - | - | Yes. Note #4, #5 | Yes | Yes. Note #5, #6 | Yes | Yes. Note #1 | Yes | No. Note #7 | Partial. Note #8, #9 | Partial. Note #8 |
| TFS 2005 | - | - | - | N/A | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A |
| TFS 2008 | - | - | - | - | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes. Note #7 | N/A | N/A |
| Build 2005 | - | - | - | - | - | N/A | Yes | Yes. Note #5 | Yes | N/A | N/A |
| Build 2008 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes. Note #2, #3 | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A |
| TE 2005 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes. Note #1 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| TE 2008 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | No. Note #7 | Partial. Note #8, #9 | Partial. Note #8 |
| Web Access | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | N/A | N/A |
| Power Tools | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | N/A |
| VS Addins | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Happy Reading!