I want to know if there is a stand-alone setup for TFS Excel/Project add-ons or not. I know I can obtain them through Team Explorer but the problem with it are :
1- It is a huge (+300Mb) setup file 2- It is a complicated process setup for people who have no any knowledge of VS and TFS. Always a developer should be there for installation
I will be so excited if there is a light stand-alone installer for TFS Excel/Project add-ons.
No, there isn't, but you can create an answer file for Team Explorer to install it silently with just one click.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee225237.aspx
You can place this install on a network share.
I'm not sure if you can register a new server connection from a script. I've asked the powers that be.
The powers that be have responded, you can export your own TFS server registrations (or create a .reg file from scratch) and import those on the new machine in order to pre-populate the connection window:
Martin Woodward @martinwoodward:
@jessehouwing See HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\11.0\TeamFoundation\Instances (or 10.0 for VS2010)