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Answered How many developers can use Visual Source Safe 2005 (Standard Edition) at the same time?

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      Wednesday, January 24, 2007 11:35 PM
       
       
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      Hello,

      Does Visual Source Safe 2005 support VS 2003?? If it does, how many developers can use Visual Source Safe 2005 standard edition at the same time?

      Visual Source Safe 2005 standard edition costs about $550. If I need to manage code for a team with no more than 5 developers, will Visual Source Safe 2005 standard edition do the job? For the case mentioned above, will I need to purchase a license of each developer or will one license work for the entire team?

      Thanks,

      Rilwan

       

       

       

       

       

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    • Wednesday, January 24, 2007 11:59 PM
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      SourceSafe is licensed per user.  If you have 5 developers, you need 5 licenses (regardless of the # of machines or simultaneous connections).  It should work fine on a team that size.

      Teams of up to 5 people can also use TFS Workgroup Edition, which comes 'free' with MSDN Premium. 

      VSS 2005 does support VS 2003, yes.