I figured this one out via this post on Mitch Denny's blog.  To be able to install the Web Application Projects add-in for Visual Studio 2005 on Windows Vista Beta 2 or 5536 you need to run the installer as an administrator. 

The easiest way to do this is to hit the windows key, type command, right-click on Command Prompt at the top of the list, and select Run as administrator.  This will launch the command prompt, then all you have to do is run the installer from this command window and the administrator privileges will be granted to the WAP installer.

As a side note, I am loving Vista's instant search that occurs when you hit the windows key.  I have been using it as an application launcher for the last couple of days.

Today I came across an excellent list of VSTS add-ons/add-ins/widgets/clients/etc. The list can be found at http://teamsystemexperts.com/widgets.aspx.

One of the more interesting sections in the list is the list of additional clients that are available for the Team Foundation Server source control repository. The list includes integrated clients for Visual Studio .Net 2003, Eclipse, SQL Server Management Studio, and there is even a Tortoise client. Tortoise source control clients are shell extensions that fit seamlessly into Windows Explorer and is my favorite way to work with cvs and subversion repositories.

Also in the list of utilities is the Team Foundation PowerToys. The PowerToys add some additional capabilities to VSTS that did not ship with the initial release. Added functionality includes things like Unshelve + Merge, Rollbacks, Undo Unchanged, and Get Changeset. The PowerToys were written by a Microsoft dev but are not officially supported by Microsoft.

If you are using Visual Studio Team System I highly recommend checking out this list of add-ons. There are many more tools on the site that I didn't highlight here including tools for Continuous Integration and MSBuild.

Saw this on Scoble's blog and I'd love to give it a try in some apps and see what it's all about.

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