Legacy Update: Get back online, activate, and install updates on your legacy Windows PC

For the newest version of Team Explorer Everywhere, please visit http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=47727. Team Explorer Everywhere includes the Eclipse plug-in and the cross-platform, command-line client for Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010, 2012, 2013 and Visual Studio Online.

• For the newest version of Team Explorer Everywhere, please visit http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=47727. Team Explorer Everywhere includes the Eclipse plug-in and the cross-platform, command-line client for Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010, 2012, 2013 and Visual Studio Online.

Files

Status: Live This download is still available on microsoft.com. The downloads below will come directly from the Microsoft Download Center.

File	Size
TEE-CLC-12.0.2.zip SHA1: c5fb620fc40648da98338f818eaf1e6a0991964a	12.73 MB
TFS-SDK-12.0.2.zip SHA1: 5ff1bbf5ebe2b909052c352cbd810793e9987857	18.24 MB
TFSEclipsePlugin-UpdateSiteArchive-12.0.2.zip SHA1: 09a99917f535cbb313a70264c925674bb280f4ec	18.24 MB

File sizes and hashes are retrieved from the Wayback Machine’s indexes. They may not match the latest versions of files hosted on Microsoft servers.

• • Windows 8.1 (x86 and x64)
  • Windows 8 (x86, x64)
  • Windows 7 (x86, x64)
  • Windows Vista (x86, x64)
  • Windows XP (x86)
  • Linux with GLIBC 2.3 to 2.11 (x86, x86_64, PowerPC)
  • Mac OS X 10.8+ (Intel only)
  • Solaris 8 to 11 (SPARC,x64)
  • AIX 5.2 to 7.1(32 and 64 bit)
  • HP-UX 11i v1 to v3 (PA-RISC, Itanium)
  • IDEs that are based on Eclipse 3.5 to 4.4 on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, AIX, or HP-UX.
  • Any of the following versions of the Java runtime:
  
  
  • Oracle Java™ 1.5+ or IBM Java™ 1.5+ on Microsoft Windows
  • Apple Java™ 1.5+ on Mac OS X
  • Oracle Java™ 1.5+ on Linux or Solaris
  • IBM Java™ 1.5+ on Linux or AIX
  • HP Java™ 1.5+ on HP-UX
  
  Works with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010, Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012, Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2013, and Visual Studio Online.

• Installing the Team Foundation Server Plug-in For Eclipse
  
  You must install the plug-in before you can use it in your development processes. You can install into Eclipse directly from the update site, or you can install from the Eclipse Update Site Archive
  
  To install from the Eclipse update site:
  1. Open Eclipse.
  2. On the Help menu, choose Install New Software.
  3. The Install dialog box appears.
  4. Choose the Add button.
  5. The Add Site dialog box appears.
  6. For the name, enter "TFS plug-in for Eclipse"
  7. Specify the location of the update site: http://dl.microsoft.com/eclipse/tfs
  8. Choose the OK button.
  9. In the list of features in the Install dialog box, select the check box that corresponds to the TFS plug-in for Eclipse.
  10. Choose the Next button two times.
  11. If you agree to the Microsoft Software License Terms, accept them and then choose the Next button.
  12. Restart Eclipse when you are prompted.
  To install the plug-in from the update site archive:
  1. Use the link on this page to download TFSEclipsePlugin-UpdateSiteArchive-12.0.0.zip.
  2. Open Eclipse.
  3. On the Help menu, choose Install New Software.
  4. The Install dialog box appears.
  5. Choose the Add button.
  6. The Add Site dialog box appears.
  7. For the name, enter "Local TFS plug-in for Eclipse update archive".
  8. Choose the OK button.
  9. In the list of features in the Install dialog box, select the check box that corresponds to the Team Explorer Everywhere.
  10. Choose the Next button two times.
  11. If you agree to the Microsoft Software License Terms, accept them and then choose the Next button.
  12. Restart Eclipse when you are prompted.
  Installing the Cross-platform Command-line Client for Team Foundation Server
  
  You can perform many version-control operations from the cross-platform command-line client for Team Foundation Server. Before you can use this client, you must install it and configure your shell or system path to include the installation folder.
  
  To install the Cross-Platform Command-Line Client for Team Foundation Server
  1. Unzip the archive (TEE-CLC-12.0.0.zip file) that contains the client.
  2. Configure your shell or system path to include the folder to which you unzipped the archive.
  3. To verify that the client is working, at a command prompt, type tf, and then press the ENTER key.
  If the client is correctly installed, output appears, starting with "Microsoft Team Explorer Everywhere Command-line Client (version 12.0.0)".
  
  For information about any of the commands, you can type tf help Command, where Command is the name of the command for which you want information. For example, you could type tf help checkin.