Visual SourceSafe [EOL] Reviews

Name: Visual SourceSafe [EOL]
Brand: Microsoft
Rating: 3.5 (1 reviews)

3.5 out of 5

What is Visual SourceSafe [EOL]?

Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, a file-level version control system that delivers restore point and team coordination capabilities.

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"Visual SourceSafe 2005 allows for more than one developer to check out the same source code file and contribute to it, just like with Git and other distributed source control systems."

"Visual SourceSafe could borrow some new features from TFS such as improved protection of source code against file corruption due to software crashes, power outages, and computer viruses, external backup for project source code files to the cloud, and support for Git."

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Visual SourceSafe [EOL] Reviews Summary
Author info	Rating	Review Summary
Software Developer at a marketing services firm with 11-50 employees	3.5	For two years, I found Visual SourceSafe offered basic version control for small teams. However, it suffered performance issues and lacked modern protections and cloud backup, leading us to recommend switching to TFS or Git.