This page last changed on Feb 25, 2010 by alui.
This page tells you how to configure your Atlassian Connector within Microsoft Visual Studio. Before following the steps below, please make sure that you have installed the connector, as described in the Installation Guide.
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Configuring your General Options
Screenshot: General tab of the connector's IDE Settings panel

The 'General' tab is used to define the upgrade options for your connector, configure an HTTP proxy and set other options as described below.
To access the general options:
- Go to the 'Global Settings' for the Visual Studio Connector, by clicking the global configuration icon
on your connector window.
- Click the 'General' tab.
Automatic Updates (Check only)
The connector's automatic update feature, if enabled, will notify you when a new version of the connector is available. Please note, the new version of the connector will not be automatically installed. You must manually download and install it yourself as described in [Upgrading the Visual Studio Connector
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To configure the connector's auto-update feature:
- Put a tick in the 'Automatically check for availability of new versions' checkbox to allow Visual Studio to automatically check for the latest available stable (released) version of the connector. You must put a tick in this checkbox to enable the two options below:
- Put a tick in the 'Check stable versions and snapshot versions' checkbox if the Visual Studio should check for unstable (development) versions of the connector as well as stable versions.
- Put a tick in the 'Report anonymous usage statistics' checkbox if you are happy for us to collect anonymous information on the way you use the connector.
 | 'Report anonymous usage statistics' option All the information we collect is anonymous and cannot be used to identify you. We do not collect any private information. We use a randomly generated unique ID to differentiate one installation from another. See Collecting Usage Statistics for the Visual Studio Connector. |
You can manually force the Visual Studio to check for new versions of the connector by doing the following:
- Select the 'Stable Version' radio button if you want Visual Studio to check for the latest available stable (released) version of the connector only; or select the 'Stable and Snapshot Version' radio button if Visual Studio should check for unstable (development) versions of the connector as well as stable versions
- Click the 'Check Now' button.
- If a new version is available, a window will display with a link to download the new version of the connector.
Configuring Servers and Display Options
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Configuring your JIRA Server Connections
To configure your JIRA server connection(s):
- Go to the 'Project Settings' for the Visual Studio Connector, by clicking the project configuration icon
on your connector window.
To add a JIRA server:
- Select the 'JIRA Servers' option in the left pane of the 'Project Configuration' window.
- Click the 'Add New Server' button.
- A form will display. Enter the information as follows:
- 'Server Name' — A description of your JIRA server.
- 'Server URL' — The address of your JIRA server.
- 'Username' and 'Password' — The login name and password you use to access the JIRA server.
- Click the 'Add Server' button to save your changes.
- Click the 'Test Connection' button to check that the connection to the server works.
- Click 'Close' to close the configuration tab.
- Now you can configure the JIRA options, as described below.
You can add more than one JIRA server.
Configuring your JIRA Options
- Go to the 'Global Settings' for the Visual Studio Connector, by clicking the configuration icon
on your connector window.
- Click the 'JIRA' tab. You will be able to configure the following options:
- 'Issues Batch Size' — Define the maximum number of issues that the connector will show on each screen. At display time, if there are more issues than specified here, the connector will display a 'Get More Issues...' link allowing you to retrieve the next batch of issues from the server.
RELATED TOPICS
Installation and Upgrade Guide for the Visual Studio Connector
Using JIRA in the Visual Studio Connector
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