Visual Studio & TFS – List of addins, extensions, patches and hotfixes – Latest and Greatest
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This post is a list of the addins and extensions we (I ) recommend for use in Inmeta. It’s coming up all the time – what to install, where are the download sites, etc etc, and thus I thought it better to post it here and keep it updated. The basics are Visual Studio 2010 connected to a Team Foundation Server 2010. The edition of Visual Studio I use is the Ultimate Edition, but as many stay with the Premium Edition I’ve marked the extensions which only works with the Ultimate with a 
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I’ve also split the group into Recommended (which means Required) and Optional (which means Recommended) and Nice to Have (which means Optional) 
. The focus is to get a setup which can be used for a complete coding experience for the whole ALM process. The Code Gallery is found either through the Tools/Extension Manager menu in Visual Studio or through this link.
The ones to really download is the Recommended category. Then consider the Optional based on your needs. The list of course reflects what I use for my work , so it is by no means complete, and for some of the tools there are equally useful alternatives. The components directly associated with Visual Studio from Microsoft should be common, see the Microsoft column.
| Product | Available on Code Gallery | Latest Version | License | Rec/Opt/N2H | Applicable to | Microsoft |
| TFS Power Tools Sept 2010 | Complete setup msi on link, split into parts on CG | Sept 2010 | Free | Recommended | TFS integration | Yes |
| Productivity Power Tools | Yes | 10.0.11019.3 | Free | Recommended | Coding | Yes |
| Code Contracts | No | 1.4.30903 | Free | Recommended | Coding & Quality | Yes |
| Code Contracts Editor Extensions | Yes | 1.4.30903 | Free | Recommended | Coding & Quality | Yes |
| VSCommands | Yes | 3.6.4.1 | Lite version Free (Good enough) | Nice to have | Coding | No |
| Power Commands | Yes | 1.0.2.3 | Free | Recommended | Coding | Yes |
| FeaturePack 2 | No. MSDN Subscriber download under Visual Studio 2010 | FP2 | Part of MSDN Subscription | Recommended | Modeling & Testing | Yes |
| ReSharper | No (Trial only) | 5.1.1 | Licensed | Recommended | Coding & Quality | No |
| dotTrace | No | 4.0.1 | Licensed | Optional | Quality | No |
| NDepends | No (Trial only) | Licensed | Optional | Quality | No | |
| tangible T4 editor | Yes | 1.950 | Lite version Free (Good enough) | Optional | Coding (T4 templates) | No |
| Reflector | No (Trial of Pro version only) | 6.5 | Lite version Free (Good enough) | Recommended | Coding/Investigation | No |
| LinqPad | No | 4.26.2 | Licensed | Nice to have | Coding | No |
| Beyond Compare | No | 3.1.11 | Licensed | Recommended | Coding/Investigation | No |
| Pex and Moles | No (Moles available alone on CG) . Complete on MSDN Subscriber download under Visual Studio 2010 | 0.94.51023 | Part of MSDN Subscription | Optional | Coding & Unit Testing | Yes |
| ApexSQL | No | Licensed | Nice to have | SQL | No | |
Some important Patches, upgrades and fixes
| Product | Date | Information | Rec/Opt | Applicable to |
| Scrolling context menu KB2345133 and KB2413613 | October 2010 | Here | Recommended | Visual Studio |
| MTM Patch | October 2010 | Here and here KB2387011 | Recommended (if you use MTM) | MTM |
| Data warehouse fix | June 2010 | Iteration dates fails with SQL 2008 R2. KB2222312. Affects Burndown chart in Agile workbook | Only for SQL 2008 R2 | Server |
| Upgrade 2008 to 2010 issue and hotfix | August 2010 | Fixes problems with labels and branches which are lost during upgrade. Apply before upgrade. Note: This has been fixed in the latest re-release of the TFS Server dated Aug 5th 2010. See here. Recommends downloading the latest bits. | Only if upgrade from 2008 from earlier bits | Server |
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