[# VS11] The new Team Explorer (VIII) working in OffLine mode

Hi,

Team Foundation Server is a centralized source code Manager. In other words, it is necessary to be connected to the same for SC management actions. Unlike the DCVS like GIT, TFS connection required for everything.

Or good for almost everything, because Team Foundation Server 11, rather in Visual Studio 11 implemented a scheme of work in quite powerful offline mode. Let’s see some examples.

I am working with a solution connected to Team Foundation Server 11, but as I’ve lost the connection with the same I see her in “normal mode” in the Solution Explorer.

If I change to the Team Explorer, I will see that I am not connected to any TFS server

For example, if I modify a class of the project and add a new class, in the section Pending Changes I can see these changes in my local working directory. What you see below is made possible by a new concept in VS11/TFS11 > > Local Workspaces.

In the same way if I add a new file in the File System called “AddedFromWindowsExplorer.cs”, without passing through the IDE of Visual Studio 11, I can add it to the list of changes.

Anytime I can select the files to include in the set of changes and with Drag and Drop actions involving “Included Changes” or “Excluded Changed”.

As I am working on a Workspace Local I have the ability to compare the file I’ve modified with the latest available version of the Workspace.

For comparison, we are taking advantage of the new UI.

Finally commenting that while the “Annotate” and “View History” options are available, in a way offline is not possible to use them, but as they are part of the functionality Out of the Box of the Local Workspaces, since they are active.