Visual Studio 2012 and Team Foundation Services: Will not connect?

Question

I am attempting to use Team Foundation Services (the cloud based service) with Visual Studio 2012 Update 1.

I have configured my account at visualstudio.com, and created a sample project.

When I click the "Open New Instance of Visual Studio" link from the Team Foundation Service project page:

• At home, my VS2012 opens and connects, and I can see the project in the Team panel.
• When controlling my work PC, VS2012 opens, but it does not connect. The Team panel shows "Disconnected" where the project name should be.

How do I connect VS to Team Foundation Services when the "Open new Instance of Visual Studio" link does not work?

Answer 1

You can just manually add a new server instance to Visual Studio. On the Team Explorer tab the 'Projects' menu item (click the >) you should have a list of previously connected projects.

If the project you want isn't there, choose 'Connect to project'. Click the servers button to add https://[youraccount].visualstudio.com/.