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Vojtěch Dohnal
Vojtěch Dohnal

Reputation: 8104

Can I use TFS 2015 Express with Visual Studio 2012 Professional

I need to migrate an old VSS 2005 source control database and I have downloaded & installed Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Express 2015.

But I still have to use Visual Studio 2012 Professional (Reinstalled Team Explorer 2012 and then update 5). Trying to create a new project on TFS server throws error:

TF30172: You are trying to create a team project either without required permission or with an older version of Team Explorer.

As I have added my account as TFS administrator I suppose the problem is with older version? Note that I have almost no experience with TFS, because I never needed it before. I cannot find any other means how to create a new project. (I planned to use this wizard).

Can I use TFS 2015 Express with Visual Studio 2012 Professional and if yes, how do I create a first empty project?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 323

Answers (1)

Cece Dong - MSFT
Cece Dong - MSFT

Reputation: 31023

Yes, you are correct, only the latest version has "full" compatibility with the latest Team Foundation Server. You have to use the same Visual Studio of visual studio as the version of TFS that you're connecting to to create a team project.

If you're using TFS 2015 Update 2 or later then you can create a team project from the web as well.

Useful links:

Upvotes: 1

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