Yesterday, Paul Andrew announced availability of the VSeWSS import tool from MSDN.

This tool compiles on machines running Visual Studio 2010 and SharePoint 2010 and have the SharePoint 2010 SDK installed.

If you are developing in SharePoint 2007 today, this tool can be an important step in your eventual upgrade to 2010.

Personally, knowing I can develop with the Visual Studio Enhancements for Windows SharePoint Services today and import directly to VS2010 and SharePoint 2010 tomorrow gives me a feeling of comfort with the upgrade process.

Reference

• VSeWSS Import Tool Released, Paul Andrew, http://blogs.msdn.com/b/pandrew/archive/2010/06/16/vsewss-import-tool-released.aspx
• VSeWSS Import Tool for Visual Studio 2010, MSDN Code Gallery, http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/VSeWSSImport
• Visual Studio 2008 extensions for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, v1.3 – Mar 2009 CTP, Microsoft Downloads, http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=FB9D4B85-DA2A-432E-91FB-D505199C49F6&displaylang=en

Import Tool Prequsites

• SharePoint 2010 Reference: Software Development Kit, Microsoft Download Center, http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f0c9daf3-4c54-45ed-9bde-7b4d83a8f26f&displaylang=en
• Download Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Trial, TechNet Evaluation Center, http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/ee388573.aspx
• Visual Studio Downloads, http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/bb984878.aspx