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Connecting VS 2008 to TFS?

Trouble connecting vs 2008 to TFS?

If you are running a newer version of TFS, 2008 does not understand collections. In order to fix that, you need the following installed:

SP1
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=13276

Team Explorer
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=16338

Forwards Compatibility
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=10834

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