Hi,
Here is a list of additional tools or add-ins that I use on a regular basis when working with team foundation server or some of the visual studio components. Please note that this by no means an exhaustive list.
All Tools work for Visual Studio/TFS RTM and they are all free.
I will update this post when there are updates or new ones become available.
| Name | Summary | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Team Foundation Power tool | Too many components to summaries and it comes with a detailed user guide. This should be install be anyone using Team Foundation Server.. | TFS admin Source control Work Items |
| TFS sidekick | Useful for developers and a must for those who administrate the source control. Basically have a UI instead or using the TF command prompt. | Source control |
| MSSCCII provider | Basic source control integration with other IDEs (ex: VS 2003) | Source control |
| TFS Admin reports | A few reports to help monitor your TFS | TFS admin |
| TFS Admin tool | Manage user security access TFS, Reporting Services and SharePoint from one interface | TFS admin |
| Work Item Search | Add quick text search option to your 2010 team explorer. | Work items |
| Test Feature Pack | Coded UI map editor | Test - Coded UI |
| Test Scribe | Print your MTM test plans | Test Manager |
| Test Attachment Cleaner | Permanently delete large attachments associated to test results from TFS database | TFS admin Test Manager |
| Import test cases | Import existing test cases (excel or word) into the TFS test case work item | Test Manager |
| Test Step Editor | Standalone tool to edit test steps of a test case. One feature is to allow to enter multiple lines in a test step. | Manual Tests |
| Team Test plug-ins | Addition validation/extraction rules and web/load plug-ins for visual studio ultimate | Web Performance Tests |
Updates:
May 17 2010: added the work item search
Tip: enter value –template in the search box to be able to modify searchtemplate.wiq. This makes it more powerful than the web access search (which only works on title and system.description).
- May 18 2010: added tfs admin security tool
Note: the only drawback is that it requires team explorer 2008 (team explorer 2008 + SP1 + forward capability pack for TFS 2010)
- September 9 2010: updated link to the latest version of the power tool
November 17, 2010: test feature pack
December 30, 2010: utility to clean up test result attachments generated with MTM.
Jan 8, 2011: added the test step utility as I use often enough.
March 4, 2011: updated link to the latest version of the power tool
