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Microsoft Visual SourceSafe

Microsoft Visual SourceSafe. Very popular Mainly used by Windows developers Cornerstone of many development teams Provides essential version control functions Promotes team collaboration. VSS Issues. For distributed teams - Slow remote access performance - Not secure

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Microsoft Visual SourceSafe

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  1. Microsoft Visual SourceSafe Very popular Mainly used by Windows developers Cornerstone of many development teams Provides essential version control functions Promotes team collaboration

  2. VSS Issues For distributed teams - Slow remote access performance - Not secure Requires file sharing over internet Opening firewall ports could put the whole LAN in danger Only supports Windows platform Only supports MSSCCI IDE integration - Visual Studio 6, 2003, 2005 etc.

  3. Cause of the Issues Design philosophy Principally created for development teams working in a LAN and trusted environment

  4. Discussion What is your experience with VSS? What are your expectations for VSS remote access solution?

  5. SourceAnywhereforVSS A remote access solution for VSS An add-on tool for VSS Offers fast, secure and reliable remote access for VSS Recommended by Microsoft as a remote access and cross-platform solution for VSS

  6. Benefits Increased productivity Secure distributed development More platform and IDE choices Existing investment in VSS is protected

  7. FeatureOverview Performance - High performance SourceSafe remote/internet access - Cache server for your geographically distributed teams Security - No file system exposure - 128-bit SSL and Blowfish encryption - Password policy to protect your password VSS Similarity - All major VSS features are supported - GUI resembles VSS

  8. Features(continued) IDE Integration Microsoft Visual Studio Eclipse Plug-in Adobe Dreamweaver and Flash plug-in Cross-platform Windows client Java client can run on any JAVA compatible platform

  9. Architecture

  10. HighPerformanceAccessFeatures Can be up to 100 times faster than VSS over the internet Cache server further improves the remote access performance Technologies used Client/server architecture, no file access over internet Compresses similar files into one file Multi-thread transfer Delta Transfer (only changed parts of a file transferred) Intelligent file change detection (only changed files that are transferred)

  11. Security No file system exposure 128-bit SSL and Blowfish encryption Password policy to protect your password

  12. VSS Similarity - Features All major VSS features are supported GUI resembles VSS

  13. IDE Integration and Cross Platform IDE Integration Microsoft Visual Studio (all MSSCCI compatible IDE) Eclipse Plug-in Adobe Dreamweaver and Flash plug-in Cross platform Windows, Linux, Mac, Solaris Any operating systems compatible with JAVA

  14. Demo

  15. Customers and thousands more

  16. Thank You ! Q & A

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