Channel 9 - Entries tagged with Visual Source Safe

Brian Harry Reflects on Visual SourceSafe and the Journey that Led to Team Foundation Server

robcaron, Brian Harry — Thu, 12 May 2011 20:57:25 GMT

Brian Harry shares the origins of Visual SourceSafe, its acquisition by Microsoft in the mid-90s, and how the challenges of software development today requires a new solution to address needs that go beyond version control. This was the motivation behind the creation of Team Foundation Server. Now in its third release, Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010 is the recommended upgrade path for Visual SourceSafe customers. Learn more of the story and read Brian's white paper on the topic by visiting microsoft.com/visualsourcesafe.

Why Upgrade from Visual SourceSafe to Team Foundation Server, Part 6 - Migration Options and Next Steps

robcaron — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:00:00 GMT

This video is the sixth video in a six-part series of videos that explain why you should consider upgrading from Visual SourceSafe to Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010. In this video, we examine what your options are when migrating your source code from Visual SourceSafe to Team Foundation Server, and we outline some suggested next steps. For more information, see Upgrade Visual SourceSafe to Team Foundation Server.

Why Upgrade from Visual SourceSafe to Team Foundation Server, Part 5 - What We Left Out and Why

robcaron — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 13:00:00 GMT

This video is the fifth video in a six-part series of videos that explain why you should consider upgrading from Visual SourceSafe to Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010. In this video, we cover features found in Visual SourceSafe that you won't find in Team Foundation Server and we'll explain why they weren't included. For more information, see Upgrade Visual SourceSafe to Team Foundation Server.

Why Upgrade from Visual SourceSafe to Team Foundation Server, Part 4 - A Visual Comparison

robcaron — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 12:00:00 GMT

This video is the fourth video in a six-part series of videos that explain why you should consider upgrading from Visual SourceSafe to Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010. In this video, we go into the Visual Studio IDE to show you how Team Foundation Server compares with Visual SourceSafe from a developer's perspective. For more information, see Upgrade Visual SourceSafe to Team Foundation Server.

Why Upgrade from Visual SourceSafe to Team Foundation Server, Part 3 - Going Beyond Visual SourceSafe

robcaron — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:00:00 GMT

This video is the third video in a six-part series of videos that explain why you should consider upgrading from Visual SourceSafe to Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010. In this video, we cover how Team Foundation Server goes beyond Visual SourceSafe with features that you won't find in Visual SourceSafe. For more information, see Upgrade Visual SourceSafe to Team Foundation Server.

Why Upgrade from Visual SourceSafe to Team Foundation Server, Part 2 - Benefits Over Visual SourceSafe

robcaron — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:00:00 GMT

This video is the second video in a six-part series of videos that explain why you should consider upgrading from Visual SourceSafe to Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010. In this video, we cover how Team Foundation Server compares with similar features found in Visual SourceSafe. For more information, see Upgrade Visual SourceSafe to Team Foundation Server.

Why Upgrade from Visual SourceSafe to Team Foundation Server, Part 1 - Introduction

robcaron — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:48:57 GMT

This video is the first video in a six-part series of videos that explain why you should consider upgrading from Visual SourceSafe to Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010. In this video, you'll get the quick introduction that sets up the series. For more information, see Upgrade Visual SourceSafe to Team Foundation Server.

geekSpeak Recording - Migrating to Team Foundation Server from Visual SourceSafe

MSDN Online Media — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:38:00 GMT

There hasn't been a better time to migrate to the newest Microsoft source control offering, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server, because Microsoft Visual SourceSafe support is ending soon and Team Foundation Server will be part of Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) subscriptions in 2010.

In this geekSpeak, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Ed Blankenship discusses migrating source code from Visual SourceSafe, including the history. Ed discusses specific version-control features to help you become more productive like branching and merging visualization, annotate, shelving, and gated check-in. This geekSpeak is hosted by Glen Gordon and Brian Hitney. The geekSpeak webcast series brings you industry experts in a "talk-radio" format hosted by developer evangelists from Microsoft. To ask a question in advance of the live webcast or for post-show resources be sure to visit the geekSpeak blog.

Guest Presenter: Ed Blankenship, Development Process Consultant, Notion Solutions

Ed Blakenship is a development process consultant with Notion Solutions. His expertise is in Microsoft Visual Studio Team System and Team Foundation Server (TFS), and he has been awarded as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in Visual Studio Team System. As a development process consultant, he assists organizations with improving their development lifecycle by suggesting improvements to their processes and implementing Application Lifecycle Management tools to assist with that improvement. Ed was previously the release engineering manager at Infragistics where he led a multi-year TFS and Team System implementation to improve the development process lifecycle. Ed has been a technical editor for the Wrox Microsoft Silverlight 1.0, Silverlight 2 Developer's Guide, Silverlight 3 Programmer's Reference, and Silverlight 2 Bible books, author of numerous articles, and has spoken at various user groups, events, radio shows, and conferences.