System requirements
| Minimum processor |
66 megahertz |
| Minimum RAM |
32 MB |
| Minimum hard disk space |
59 MB |
MS Visual SourceSafe
Through project-oriented version control and rich integration with Visual Studio®, Visual SourceSafe provides individual developers and small development teams with tools to make safe alterations to existing code and track changes across users, projects, and time.
Visual SourceSafe is a version control system product that delivers restore point and parallel collaboration capabilities, thus allowing application development organizations to work on several versions of software simultaneously. The version control system introduces a check-in and check-out model in which an individual developer checks out a file, makes changes, and then checks the file back in. Other developers typically are not able to make changes to a file while it is checked out. Source code control systems also allow developers to roll back or undo any changes that later create problems.
Visual SourceSafe is a version control system that:
Protects users from accidental file loss.
Allows back-tracking to previous versions of a file.
Allows branching, sharing, merging, and management of file releases.
Tracks versions of entire projects.
Tracks modular code (one file that is reused, or shared, by multiple projects).
Individual developers and small development teams have found that they can benefit from the peace-of-mind and productivity benefits that version control provides. Visual SourceSafe is a version control product, focused primarily on maintaining file change histories, audit trail logs, and disaster recovery for source code files. It is most effective for small, geographically close teams who generally work on a high-speed, low-latency Local Area Network (LAN) in a highly trusted environment, and whose shared development assets are unlikely to exceed 4 gigabytes (GB). Visual SourceSafe is a client-only file-server application that does not require server-side processes or code execution.
