Can I solve the error TF253022 (You must update your client with the Forward Compatibility Update) on a build server without installing VS2008?

This is a build server running Cruise control version 1.6.7981.1.

I am basically running a test by pointing an existing (seldom used CC build) to our new TFS 2010 server.

This fails with the error listed in the title.

I am clearly missing a step or two...

I assume that CC must be using TF.exe for source control access? And it must be using the 2008 version. And the update adjusts this someho开发者_运维百科w? Or performs some other update? Maybe I can do whatever the update is doing myself? Or configure CC to use the 2010 version of TF.exe?

Maybe it's just a question of installing the 2010 client tools (and hopefully this is backwards compaitble). I am trying that next.

I don't know much about CC but the forwards compatibility update is for Team Explorer, which contains a subset of the VS IDE. There are 2 versions one for 2005 and one for 2008. I'd check in "Add remove programs" to see which version is installed. You'll need to make sure that either VS 2005 SP1 or VS 2008 SP1 is installed (depending on which version of Team Explorer is installed) before installing the update.