Team Explorer Everywhere (Out-of-date Version v11 for legacy systems) for Team Foundation Server

For the newest version of Team Explorer Everywhere, please visit http://dl.microsoft.com/eclipse/tfs. This is an old version (V11). You can download Team Explorer Everywhere for TFS—the Eclipse plug-in and the cross-platform, command-line client for Visual Studio Team Foundation Server and the Team Foundation Service Preview. This download includes Updates 1,2 and 3 of Team Explorer Everywhere for TFS.

Supported Operating Systems

Apple Mac OS X, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 Preview, Windows Vista

• Windows 8 (x86 and x64)
• Windows 7 (x86 and x64)
• Windows Vista (x86 and x64)
• Linux with GLIBC 2.3 to 2.11 (x86, x86_64, and PowerPC)
• Mac OS X 10.5 to 10.7 (PowerPC and Intel)
• Solaris 8, 9, 10 (SPARC, x86, x86-64)
• AIX 5.2 to 6.1 (POWER)
• HP-UX 11i v1 to v3 (PA-RISC and Itanium)
• IDEs that are based on Eclipse 3.5 to 4.3 on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, AIX, or HP-UX.
• Any of the following versions of the Java runtime:

• Oracle Java™ 1.5 to 7, or IBM Java™ 1.5 to 6 on Microsoft Windows
• Apple Java™ 1.5 to 7 on Mac OS X
• Oracle Java™ 1.5 to 7 on Linux or Solaris
• IBM Java™ 1.5 to 6 on Linux or AIX
• HP Java™ 1.5 to 6 on HP-UX

Works with Team Foundation Server 2013 Preview, Team Foundation Server 2012, the Team Foundation Service, TFS 2010 and TFS 2008.

Installing the Team Foundation Server Plug-in For Eclipse

You must install the plug-in before you can use it in your development processes. Follow the steps in this procedure to install it.

To install from the Eclipse update site:

1. Open Eclipse.
2. On the Help menu, click Install New Software.
3. The Install dialog box appears.
4. Choose the Add button.
5. The Add Site dialog box appears.
6. For the name, enter "TFS plug-in for Eclipse".
7. Specify the location of the update site to be: http://dl.microsoft.com/eclipse/tfs
8. Choose the OK button
9. In the list of features in the Install dialog box, select the check box that corresponds to the TFS plug-in for Eclipse.
10. Choose the Next button two times.
11. If you agree to the Microsoft Software License Terms, accept them and then choose the Next button.
12. Restart Eclipse when prompted.

To install the plug-in from the update site archive:

1. Download TFSEclipsePlugin-UpdateSiteArchive-11.0.0.1306.zip from the link on this page.
2. Open Eclipse.
3. On the Help menu, choose Install New Software.
4. The Install dialog box appears.
5. Choose the Add button.
6. The Add Site dialog box appears.
7. For the name, enter "Local TFS plug-in for Eclipse update archive".
8. Choose the Archive button.
9. Specify the location of the archive file (TFSEclipsePlugin-UpdateSiteArchive-11.0.0.1306.zip) and then choose the Open button.
10. Choose the OK button.
11. In the list of features in the Install dialog box, select the check box that corresponds to Team Explorer Everywhere.
12. Choose the Next button two times.
13. If you agree to the Microsoft Software License Terms, accept them and then choose the Next button.
14. Restart Eclipse when you are prompted.

Installing the Cross-platform Command-line Client for Team Foundation Server

You can perform many version control operations from the Cross-platform Command-line Client for Team Foundation Server. Before you can use this client, you must install it and configure your shell or system path to include the installation folder.

To install the Cross-Platform Command-Line Client for Team Foundation Server

1. Unzip the archive (TEE-CLC-11.0.0.1306.zip file) that contains the client.
2. Configure your shell or system path to include the folder to which you unzipped the archive.
3. To verify that the client is working, at a command prompt, type tf, and then press the ENTER key.

If the client is correctly installed, output that starts with "Microsoft Team Explorer Everywhere Command-line Client (version 11.0.0)" appears.

For information about any of the commands, you can type tf help Command, where Command is the name of the command for which you want information. For example, you could type tf help checkin.

For important information about this release, see the Visual Studio 2012 Readme File