The Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Power Tools was designed to be a set of enhancements, tools and command line utilities that improve the Team Foundation Server user experience.

The following tools are installed with the tfpt.msi package:
- Command line tool (TFPT.EXE)
- Team Explorer IDE menu additions
- Build Notification tool
- TFS Best Practices Analyzer
- Process Template Editor
- Work Item Templates
- Custom check-in policies
- TFS Server Manager
- TFS Users tool
- Alert Editor
- TFS Power Shell Extensions
- TFS Windows Shell Extensions
- Team Members Tool

Requirements:

· Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server
· Visual Studio 2008 Team Explorer
· Windows PowerShell
· Live Messenger 8.0 and later
· Office Communicator 2005 and later