Service packs, Feature packs, Power tools and hotfixes

Microsoft wants to be able to ship the new features in a faster cadence and uses therefor different shipping vehicles. The list is getting long, so I started to gather the available extensions I am aware of. If you have new extensions shipped by Microsoft that is not in the list, please contact me.

Feature Packs

 

Name Link

Visualization and Modeling Feature Pack (MSDN Subscribers Only)

 https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/securedownloads/default.aspx?pv=18:370

Visual Studio 2010 Feature Pack 2 (MSDN Subscribers Only)
Cumulative feature pack that extends testing, code visualization and modeling capabilities in Visual Studio 2010.

 http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=194188

 

Power tools

 

Name Link
Team Foundation Server Power Tools September 2010 http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/c255a1e4-04ba-4f68-8f4e-cd473d6b971f
Productivity Power Tools October http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/d0d33361-18e2-46c0-8ff2-4adea1e34fef
Silverlight 4 Tools for Visual Studio http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=b3deb194-ca86-4fb6-a716-b67c2604a139

 

Hot fixes

 

Name Link
After you upgrade to TFS 2010, labels are missing items or merge operations perform incorrectly http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2135068
A file does not download from an IIS 7.5 server that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/981898
Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Lab Management http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=8406ef19-35a3-4c03-a145-08ba982f3cef&displaylang=en
TFS 2010 "The Iteration dates are not valid" error after upgrade to SQL 2008 R2 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2222312
Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Video Data Adapter http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2160831/
Crashes and memory leaks in MTM causing data and productivity loss https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?DownloadID=31858&wa=wsignin1.0
Fix for scrolling unnecessarily in VS context menus http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/KB2345133

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About the author

 

Ewald Hofman is MVP VS ALM and consultant at Avanade. His specialization is Application Lifecycle Management solutions based on Visual Studio ALM.

 

   

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