Visual Studio 2010 Professional and Team Foundation Server 2012 Express

Question

I can't create a New Team Project from Team Explorer in VS 2010 Profesional because of the below error message:

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TF30172: You are trying to create a team project either without required permissions or with an older version of Team Explorer. Contact your project administrator to check your permissions or to determine how to upgrade Team Explorer.

I'm an administrator in TFS and part of the "Team Foundation Adminstrators" group. What could I possibly be doing wrong?

Also, I've installed SP1 for VS2010 and the KB2662296 Hotfix.

Have you tried creating a project with Team Explorer 2012? That certainly seems to be what the dialog is indicating to you. — Edward Thomson
No, it is a separate installation. If you install it, it will install Team Explorer 2012 standalone, side-by-side from your VS 2010 instance. After that, you can use VS 2010 with the GDR patch - you will need the updated Team Explorer only to create Team Projects. — Edward Thomson
I'll give it a shot. How can I give you credit for the answer if it works? — Robert

Edward Thomson Edward Thomson · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-21T16:48:54

This error message is indicating that Team Explorer 2012 is required to create a Team Project against Team Foundation Server 2012.

You should install Team Explorer 2012 in order to create your Team Project. If you do not have Visual Studio 2012 installed, Team Explorer 2012 will install as a standalone application that you can use to connect to TFS. This will be installed side-by-side with Visual Studio 2010, it will not upgrade your existing installation. As Allen notes in his answer, you can connect to a TFS 2012 instance from Visual Studio 2010. You need a matching Team Explorer version only to create a Team Project.

Visual Studio 2010 Professional and Team Foundation Server 2012 Express

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