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The article describes a hotfix that enables Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2008 to work with Expression Studio 3.

A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, it is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Customer Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

Prerequisites

You must have Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server Service Pack 1 on the server to apply this hotfix. You must have Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 installed on the client to apply this hotfix.

Restart requirement

You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the Applies to section.

Note If the user has both Visual Studio 2008 and Team Explorer 2008 installed, the user must have SP1 installed for both products. If the user has not installed SP1 after both products were installed, either Visual Studio or Team Explorer may not be patched correctly. For example, consider the following scenario:

• A user installs Visual Studio 2008.
• Then, the user updates Visual Studio 2008 to Visual Studio 2008 SP1.
• Then, the user installs Team Explorer 2008.

In this scenario, Team Explorer 2008 will not be patched with SP1. To avoid this situation, you must reinstall Visual Studio 2008 SP1.