Major Releases
Power Tools Releases
Service Releases
Visual Studio Team System Code Name "Rosario"
The next major release of Visual Studio Team System is code-named “Rosario” and will be released following the Visual Studio 2008 release. In this exciting release, we will be delivering new innovations to build on our award-winning Application Life-cycle Management (ALM) solution. For more information, see Visual Studio Team System Code Name "Rosario".
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Power Tools are delivered out-of-band from major Visual Studio Team System releases to enable rapid innovation and delivery of new features and tools. In general, Power Tools are not supported by Microsoft through the regular support channels; however, customers can use the MSDN Forums to post questions and feedback on the Power Tools. Some Power Tools have limited support through Microsoft Product Support Services, such as the MSSCCI Provider. The following Power Tools are planned to be delivered in the future and some will be included in future versions of Visual Studio Team System.
Team Foundation Server Power Tools
Download the latest relese of Team Foundation Server Power Tools. Future releases will include:
| Feature | Description |
| Operations Tool | Tools for server monitoring, capacity planning, performance tuning, and problem diagnosis. |
| Vista Sidebar Gadget | Keep up-to-date with what’s going on in your team projects with a Team Foundation Server Vista Sidebar Gadget. |
| Migration & Synchronization Toolkit | Now available: Team Foundation Server Migration and Synchronization Toolkit. |
| Diagnostic Tool | Diagnostic tools to help you quickly figure out what is going wrong with your server, including diagnosing general configuration problems. |
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Team Edition for Database Professionals Power Tools
Download the latest release of Team Edition for Database Professionals Power Tools. Future releases will include:
| Feature | Description |
| Schema Reporting | DBSpecGen functionality for the project system allows you to easily document your database schema. |
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Service Releases
A service release corrects known bugs, problems, or adds new features.
Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals Service Release 1
Availability: July 2007 (Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals Service Release 1)
| Feature | Description |
| Database References | Support for runtime (also known as soft references) created local objects by adding a 3 project state, in schema-only, as well as control whether or not the objects are in or out of a the build |
| Three and Four-Part Naming Support | Better support for three and four-part naming within SQL Server, which reduces the number of warnings in the error list associated with these three and four-part names |
| File Group Support | Ability to handle files associated with File Groups at the project level. |
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