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Kyle Williamson
Kyle Williamson

Reputation: 2184

Opening Source Control Explorer in Visual Studio 2022

Source Control Explorer is what I have used in the past to manage my Team Foundation version control (TFVC).

In Visual Studio 2019 (and earlier verions), you could open Source Control Explorer by navigating to View | Other Windows | Source Control Explorer. However, this window can't be found here in VS2022.

Has this functionality been completely removed or is there still a way to access Source Control Explorer using Visual Studio 2022?

Upvotes: 23

Views: 69065

Answers (5)

USR
USR

Reputation: 314

Follow these steps to add the TFS server:

  • Manage Connections -> Connect to a project option in Team Explorer (use View -> Team Explorer if not available) and connect to the project.
  • Click Add Azure DevOps Server, input the TFS server URL and choose Add.
  • Then the list of projects you have access to will be listed below, so select a project and connect.

Then the Source control menu option will be made available in the usual place View | Other Windows | Source Control Explorer.

These are the steps for Visual Studio Professional 2022

Use Team Explorer for Visual Studio 2022 only when Visual studio Developer is not installed.

Upvotes: 19

Super Jade
Super Jade

Reputation: 6374

...you could open Source Control Explorer by navigating to View | Other Windows | Source Control Explorer. However, this window can't be found here

In my case, I have needed to move a repository back and forth between TFS and git. After moving the repository to git, I could not use source control explorer anymore.

The solution is to update source control back to TFS.

  1. Tools > Options > Source Control > Current source control plug-in: > Select Visual Studio Team Foundation Server > OK Tools > Options > Source Control > Current source control plug-in: > Select Visual Studio Team Foundation Server > OK
  2. At this point, you should be able to View > Other Windows > Source Control Explorer: View > Other Windows > Source Control Explorer

Upvotes: 2

Serge V.
Serge V.

Reputation: 3623

Go to File > Clone Repository > Team Explorer > Manage connections.

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Upvotes: 2

Krishna Nekkala
Krishna Nekkala

Reputation: 301

Yes, Cloud Explorer which is in Visual studio 2019 as shown below, has been retired in Visual Studio 2022

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Instead, we can use the following alternatives mentioned here https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/azure/vs-azure-tools-resources-managing-with-cloud-explorer?view=vs-2022

Upvotes: -1

CodeCaster
CodeCaster

Reputation: 151720

You're probably looking for the Team Explorer.

See also Compatibility:

Team Explorer for Visual Studio 2022 will connect to Azure DevOps Server 2019, Team Foundation Server 2017, Team Foundation Server 2015, Team Foundation Server 2013, Team Foundation Server 2012, and Team Foundation Server 2010 SP1.

Upvotes: 2

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