When you start and then run an add-in, you cannot export work items to Microsoft Office Excel from Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Explorer or from Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server Service Pack 1 (SP1). For example, you start and then run Microsoft Office Live Add-in. In this example, you cannot export work items to Office Excel.

Update information

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Visual Studio Team System 2008 SP1 Forward Compatibility Update for Team Foundation Server 2010 (Installer)

Download the update package now. (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=cf13ea45-d17b-4edc-8e6c-6c5b208ec54d)

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Prerequisites

You must have Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1 installed to apply this hotfix.

Restart requirement

You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix if no instance of Visual Studio is being used.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace other hotfixes.

File information

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.