title: How Can I Connect Visual Studio 2008 to Team Foundation Service and Visual Studio Online?
body: <p>I've made sure that I have all of the prerequisites covered, then tried to install the patch from here:</p>
  
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  <li><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29983" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Compatibility GDR for Visual Studio 2012 Team Foundation Server and Team Foundation Service Preview</a></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>When I do so, I end up with this message:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/QN6CT.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
  <p>OK - so, believing that perhaps I have already installed software which covers the update I try to add my TFS preview server to Visual Studio 2008 Team Explorer (with settings that match what I have in VS 2012):</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/BJtKM.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
  <p>This tries to connect for maybe 30 - 60 seconds and then quits with this error message:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/1jI0N.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
  <p>What am I doing wrong? From reading other blog posts it appears that Team Foundation Service is supported in both VS 2010 and VS 2008.</p>