Migrating VS2005 to VS2008

Moving from Visual Studio 2005 to 2008 is a relatively easy thing to do. Basically it involves opening current solutions in VS2008 and converting them. The solutions run correctly with minimal testing (clicking on a few links etc.).

What you need to know

SourceSafe and VS2008
Summary: You need to download Visual Source Safe 2005 Update CTP to get VSS to work with VS2008.
http://blogs.msdn.com/richardb/archive/2007/11/19/vs-2008-users-remember-to-download-the-sourcesafe-ctp.aspx
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=FAF41EDD-924D-449F-AEFC-9C86DD499720&displaylang=en

Solution Files and Conversions
Summary: Articles describing what the file conversion process does.
http://geekswithblogs.net/etiennetremblay/archive/2007/11/23/The-difference-between-VS2005-and-VS2008-Solution-files.aspx
http://blogs.interknowlogy.com/billsheldon/archive/2007/08/29/21175.aspx
http://www.west-wind.com/weblog/posts/234883.aspx

VS2005 and VS2008 can co-exist
Summary: Articles on how to get VS2005 and VS2008 to co-exist.
http://blogs.msdn.com/djpark/archive/2007/11/07/how-to-use-solutions-and-projects-between-visual-studio-2005-and-2008.aspx
http://forums.asp.net/t/1231497.aspx
http://msmvps.com/blogs/jon.skeet/archive/2007/11/20/vs2005-and-vs2008-co-existence.aspx


VS2008 can target multiple versions of the .NET framework

There is an easy way to automatically upgrade files without running the conversion wizard for each solution.
http://coolthingoftheday.blogspot.com/2007/11/easy-vs2005-to-vs2008-solution.html