When you install TEE11 Beta in Eclipse you will notice their are two Team Explorer windows Team Explorer 2010 – The old style window Team Explorer – The new VS11 style window This is an artefact of the beta as TEE transitions to the new VS UI. I would recommend you use the new one as this will be the experience going forward. I certainly would not recommend having both open as I have shown in this screenshot
Background Whilst at the Microsoft MVP summit there are a number of MVP2MVP sessions, these are similar to DDD style sessions with MVPs presenting as opposed to Microsoft staff. One I found really interesting was one by Richard Banks based on his post on using GIT with TFS. Now this was a usage of source control tools I had not considered, a mixture of Git and TFS (or could be Git to SVN, similar tools are available)...
Today, as well as the new VS11 Beta bits from Microsoft, the ALM Rangers also shipped best practice guidance to get you started with the beta. This is a project I am very proud to have been involved with. The full details of the supporting guidance shipped can be found here
The big news today is is that Microsoft released the VS11 Beta, part of which is Team Explorer Everywhere (TEE). (Oh they also release something called Windows 8 too – whatever that is) Whilst upgrading my TEE instance in Eclipse (Indigo) I hit the same gotcha as I had when I originally installed TEE (in Eclipse is in your ‘c:programs files’). On Windows, if UAC is enabled you have to run Eclipse as administrator to do the plug-in else you get the error message....
I have an unlocked Hauwei E585 MIFI that I use around europe, avoiding roaming charges for my UK mobile contract. I buy a local pay as you go SIM for the appropriate country and off I go. I thought I would try the same here in the USA, where I am for the MVP Summit. I bought a T-Mobile data SIM, but it did not work so well. Basically the issue is one of aerials it seems....