Building Visual Studio 2008 under Team Build 2005


	Building Visual Studio 2008 under Team Build 2005

ntziolis

1-3-2008 2:16 PM

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2008, development, microsoft, source control, team foundation server, tfs, tfs 2008, visual studio, vs

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Information on how to use the team build 2005 to compile vs 2008 solution files

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