Visual SourceSafe 2005 provides a higher performance and more reliable desktop
backup solution for individual users or small teams. Visual SourceSafe 2005 is
sold standalone for Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition or Visual Studio 2005
Professional Edition users and is also included in the MSDN Premium
Subscription.
Visual SourceSafe is the ideal version control system for any development team
using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. Historically, problems within the team
development environment stem from the inability to work comfortably in a setting
sensitive to their projects and source code. While every project requires an
adequate level of software management, the costs and overhead associated with
file-based version control often outweigh the benefits. By providing
project-oriented software management, Visual SourceSafe enables teams to develop
with the confidence that their projects and files will be protected. It's simple
enough to use right out of the box, and it's integrated with the development
environment developers already work in.
Integrated features of Visual SourceSafe enable developers to access the full
power of team development features—all from within the familiar Visual Studio
environment they already use. Many features trigger automatically, such as when
a file is about to be changed, providing a safety net for team members and
ensuring the protection of the project.
Visual SourceSafe also provides an extensive feature set designed to save time
and money through reliable source code control. It enables development teams to
automatically protect and track their most valuable source code, documentation,
binaries, and all other file types as they change throughout the software life
cycle. For example, check in and check out file locking securely protects files
from accidental overwrite by preventing more than one user from modifying the
same file at once.