tech·nic·al·ly agile

Installing Visual Studio 2008 Team Suite on Windows 7

Learn how to install Visual Studio 2008 Team Suite on Windows 7 with step-by-step guidance, troubleshooting tips, and insights for a smooth setup experience.

Published on
1 minute read
Image
https://nkdagility.com/resources/xxZKrAlxQiH

I am installing VS2008 in a virtual environment, so this may not be exactly what you would get, but the purpose is to identify if VS2008 does indeed work on Windows 7 and what the experience is like.

The first problem is that the auto run does not seam to function.

Installing Visual Studio 2008 Team Suite on Windows 7  

This can be rectified by browsing the CD / Image and running setup.exe

Installing Visual Studio 2008 Team Suite on Windows 7  

So far so good.

Installing Visual Studio 2008 Team Suite on Windows 7  

After you have accepted the licence agreement you need to select the installation components.

Installing Visual Studio 2008 Team Suite on Windows 7  

I am selecting Full so we can make sure it all goes on, but usually I remove SQL Express as I would add SQL Server developer edition later.

Installing Visual Studio 2008 Team Suite on Windows 7  

It’s that guy again :), we need to let this cook for “some time, or considerably longer”…

Installing Visual Studio 2008 Team Suite on Windows 7  

Some time later….

Installing Visual Studio 2008 Team Suite on Windows 7  

After some 2 hours (remember I am in a virtual computer)

I now have Visual Studio 2008 Team Suit installed…

Installing Visual Studio 2008 Team Suite on Windows 7  

I will need to service pack it and check functionality, probably by working on the TFS Sticky Buddy  project on it and making sure that I an still deploy and run on other platforms! That is for another day though…

Technorati Tags: Windows    ALM    VS 2008    TFS 

Windows Install and Configuration System Configuration
Comments

Related blog posts

No related videos found.

Connect with Martin Hinshelwood

If you've made it this far, it's worth connecting with our principal consultant and coach, Martin Hinshelwood, for a 30-minute 'ask me anything' call.

Our Happy Clients​

We partner with businesses across diverse industries, including finance, insurance, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, technology, engineering, transportation, hospitality, entertainment, legal, government, and military sectors.​

Ericson Logo
Milliman Logo
Hubtel Ghana Logo
Jack Links Logo
Bistech Logo
Higher Education Statistics Agency Logo
Schlumberger Logo
SuperControl Logo
Teleplan Logo
YearUp.org Logo
MacDonald Humfrey (Automation) Ltd. Logo
Slaughter and May Logo
Lockheed Martin Logo
Xceptor - Process and Data Automation Logo
Akaditi Logo
Emerson Process Management Logo
Epic Games Logo
Graham & Brown Logo
Royal Air Force Logo
Washington Department of Enterprise Services Logo
Department of Work and Pensions (UK) Logo
Washington Department of Transport Logo
Ghana Police Service Logo
New Hampshire Supreme Court Logo
Healthgrades Logo

NIT A/S

Milliman Logo
Akaditi Logo
Cognizant Microsoft Business Group (MBG) Logo
Boxit Document Solutions Logo