Wem das Umschalten zwischen den verschiedenen bereichen im Team Explorer 2012 zu umständlich ist, der sollte sich die folgenden Tastatur Shortcuts merken. Damit kann man jede Seite direkt anspringen, auch wenn der Team Explorer gerade gar nicht geöffnet ist.
| Shortcut | Team Explorer Page |
| Ctrl+' | Search |
| Ctrl+0,H | Home |
| Ctrl+0,P | Pending Changes |
| Ctrl+0,M | My Work |
| Ctrl+0,W | Work Items |
| Ctrl+0,B | Build |
| Ctrl+0,R | Reports |
| Ctrl+0,D | Documents |
| Ctrl+0,S | Settings |
| Ctrl+0,A | Web Access – team home page |
| F5 | Refresh |
| Ctrl+Up Arrow | Move focus to the previous visible section header |
| Ctrl+Down Arrow | Move focus to the next visible section header |
| Alt+Left | Navigate backward |
| Alt+Right | Navigate forward |
| Alt+Home | Focus the navigation control |
| Alt+0 | Focus the page top level content |
| Alt+[1-9] | Focus the visible section [1-9] level content |
| Alt+Up | Focus the previous visible section content |
| Alt+Down | Focus the next visible section content |