This post is a list of the extensions I recommend for use with Visual Studio 11. It’s coming up all the time – what to install, where are the download sites, last version, etc etc, and thus I thought it better to post it here and keep it updated. The basics are Visual Studio 11 connected to a Team Foundation Server 11.   Note that we now are at Beta time, and that also many live in a side-by-side environment with Visual Studio 2010.  The side-by-side is supported by VS 11. However, if you installed a component supporting VS11 before you installed VS11, then you need to reinstall it.  The VSIX installer will understand that it is to apply those only for VS11, and will not touch – nor remove – the same for VS2010. A good example here is the Power Commands.  The list is more or less in priority order.  The focus is to get a setup which can be used for a complete coding experience for the whole ALM process.   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. Many components have not yet arrived with VS11 support.  I will add them as they arrive.    The components directly associated with Visual Studio from Microsoft should be common, see the Microsoft column.  If you still need the VS2010 extensions, here they are: The extensions for VS 2010.        Components ready for VS 11, both upgrades and new ones              Product         Notes        Latest Version        License        Applicable to        Microsoft                  TFS Power Tools Beta 111        Side-by-side with TFS 2010 should work, but remove the Shell Extension from the TFS 2010 power tool first.         March 2012(11.0.50321.0)         Free        TFS integration        Yes                  ReSharper        EAP for Beta 11 (updates very often, nearly daily)        7.0.3.261 pr. 16/3/2012        Free as EAP, Licensed later        Coding & Quality        No                  Power Commands1         Just reinstall, even if you already have it for VS2010. The reinstall will then apply it to VS 11        1.0.2.3        Free        Coding        Yes                  Visualization and Modelling SDK for beta        Info here and here. Another download site and info here. Also download from MSDN Subscription site.           Requires VS 11 Beta SDK                  11        Free now, otherwise Part of MSDN Subscription        Modeling        Yes                  Visual Studio 11 Beta SDK                Published 16.2.2012                          Yes                  Visual Studio 11 Feedback tool1        Use this to really ease the process of sending bugs back to Microsoft.         1.1        Free as prerelase        Visual Studio        Yes                                                                          #1 Get via Visual Studio’s Tools | Extension Manager (or The Code Gallery). (From Adam : All these are auto updated by the Extension Manager in Visual Studio)  #2 Works with ultimate only      Components we wait for, not yet in a VS 11 version                Product         Notes        Latest Version        License        Applicable to        Microsoft                                                     Coding        Yes                  Inmeta Build Explorer                           Free        TFS integration        No                  Build Manager        Community Build Manager. Info here from Jakob                 Free        TFS Integration        No                  Code Contracts        Coming real soon                 Free        Coding & Quality        Yes                  Code Contracts Editor Extensions                           Free        Coding & Quality        Yes                  Web Std Update                          Free        Coding (Web)        Yes (MSFT)                  Web Essentials                           Free        Coding (Web)        Yes (MSFT)                  DotPeek        It says up to .Net 4.0, but some tests indicates it seems to be able to handle 4.5.         1.0.0.7999        Free        Coding/Investigation        No                  Just Decompile        Also says up to .net 4.0                 Free        Coding/Investigation        No                  dotTrace                          Licensed        Quality        No                  NDepend                         Licensed        Quality        No                  tangible T4 editor                          Lite version Free (Good enough)        Coding (T4 templates)        No                  Pex        Moles are now integrated and improved in VS 11 as a new library called Fakes.                           Coding & Unit Testing        Yes            Components which are now integrated into VS 11              Product        Notes                  Productivity Power Tools        Features integrated into VS11, with a few exceptions, I don’t think you will miss those.                  Fakes         Was Moles in 2010. Fakes is improved and made into a product.                    NuGet Manager        Included in the install, but still an extension package. Info here.               Product installation, upgrades and patches for VS/TFS 11                 Product        Notes        Date        Applicable to                  Visual Studio 11 & TFS 11 Beta        This is the beta release, and you are free to download and try it out.         March 2012        Visual Studio and TFS                  SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Cumulative Update 4                      The TFS 11 requires the CU1 at least, but you should go up to at least CU4, since this update solves a ghost record problem that otherwise may cause your TFS database to not release records the way it should when you clean it up, see this post for more information on that issue.          Oct 2011        SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1