Is VSS 2008 free?

Question

In my company we use Visual Studio 2008. Is VSS 2008 free?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

The last version of Visual Source Safe was VSS 2005.

I'm not sure if it has been released free or not...but even if it was, I'd suggest you stear clear. There are plenty of Open Source alternatives with good Visual Studio Integration.

You could try Subversion (server based), Git (distributed), or Mercurial (distributed).

Answer 2

First off, there is no VSS 2008. There is VSS 2005.

Second, it comes with certain versions of Visual Studio.

From this blog entry:

There is no VSS 2008

and

Q: Where do I get VSS2005 anyway?

A: If you have a Team Edition of Visual Studio 2005 or later, then VSS2005 is included in your license. It was included on the VSTS 2005 set of discs; you can also download it from MSDN. If you have a Professional Edition of Visual Studio or lower then you need to purchase VSS separately.

Answer 3

From Wikipedia:

The final version of the product, Visual SourceSafe 2005, is retired from mainstream support on 12 April 2011 with extended support ending on 12 April 2016.

There is no VSS 2008.