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To connect to TFS 20 you will need to download and install Team Explorer 2008 from. For more information on choosing and changing the environment settings go to (v=vs.90).aspx. To change this setting, use the Import and Export Settings wizard, which is available on the Tools menu. This is an option presented only the first time you open Visual Studio. Since I work with the Business Intelligence projects most of the time, I select the Business Intelligence environment. When you launch Visual Studio 2008 or BIDS 2008 / 2008 R2 you will be prompted to select the default environment settings. It will show as Version 9.4462 QFE as shown in the picture below. A quick way to verify that the installation was successful, is to take a look at the Visual Studio version in the Help|About page.

Install BIDS from your SQL Server 2008 / 2008 R2 installation mediaĪt this point should have a working Visual Studio environment with both set of projects.

Install Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1.

Uninstall all of these if you already have them installed in your environment:.

In order to get both set of templates in the same development environment, you need to install both Visual Studio 2008 and BIDS in the right order as described in the following steps: So how do you get both set of templates in a single development environment?

You get the same error if you have Visual Studio 2008 installed by itself and try to open one of the Business Intelligence projects. The reason behind these errors is that BIDS 2008 / 2008 R2 does not come with the database project template and Visual Studio 2008 does not come with the SSIS, SSAS, and SSRS Business Intelligence project templates. If you have BIDS 2008 / 2008 R2 installed by itlself and you try to open a database project you get an error saying that this type of project is not supported.

Database projects are supported by Visual Studio 2008 Developer, Professional and Team System Database Editions. The SSIS, SSAS, and SSRS Business Intelligence projects are supported by the Visual Studio 2008 shell that comes with SQL Server 2008 / 2008 R2. Working with the SSIS, SSAS, and SSRS Business Intelligence projects along with Database projects in the same Visual Studio 2008 development environment can be challenging as there is no clear documentation how to enable both set of projects.

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