While WSP Builder was the de-facto program to build SharePoint WSP solutions for SharePoint 2007, a number of my projects were based on various versions of VSeWSS. I have previously upgraded some of those with the beta version upgrade version, but I did notice recently that Paul Andrew released an update on his blog (http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/VSeWSSImport) and wanted to try it out.

The utility which is based on VSIX works okay, but it’s a bit of a pain to actually get it installed as you first must download and install the Visual Studio 2010 SDK.  You then need to build the project to generate the VSIX file.  Finally, you then run the VSIX to add the extension to Visual Studio.  So, I’ve done all these and am making the release-build compiled form available for download.  Simply download and run this in your development environment to add the Import VSeWSS Project template.

Kirk Evans wrote a simple blog that overviews how it works.  No need for me to duplicate his good work, so you can read about it here:  http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kaevans/archive/2010/06/16/import-sharepoint-projects-from-visual-studio-2008-to-visual-studio-2010.aspx

And here is the download:  VSeWSSUpgradeTool.Installer.vsix