About SourceSafe licenses

Question

Hi

If I have license for VisualStudio 2005 and 2008

I have license for SourceSafe too ? or I need to buy it ?

From where I can get One ?

thank's in advance

Answer 1

"You need a VSS license on each machine where you install VSS. If you decide to use a dedicated "server" machine to host the VSS database then yes, you need a license for that machine, too."

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/vssourcecontrol/thread/1e43c9fe-3ac1-4287-97ad-d1c93e3c140b

Answer 2

What you really need is a real source code control system.

I'm not being facetious or dismissive here. SourceSafe is better than nothing, but practically any other SCCS is better than SourceSafe -- there were reasons MS didn't use it in-house (e.g. high risk of database corruption, inefficient use of fileshares, no branching support). TFS is quite decent (an is dogfooded by MS), and many swear by Subversion. There are plenty other tools out there as well, many of which integrate just as well with VS.

Answer 3

Be aware that VSS is often criticised for its shortcomings. You might want to consider another VCS, e.g. SVN or git.

See e.g. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/115493/how-do-i-convince-my-team-to-drop-sourcesafe-and-move-to-svn

Answer 4

Are you licensed via MSDN? If so, then a "Visual Studio Professional with MSDN Premium" or "Visual Studio Professional with MSDN Professional" subscription includes licenses for VSS.

However, I also repeat the suggestions to look at other offerings. My preference is for VisualSVN Server + TortoiseSVN (client)