Features and Benefits

• High Performance Remote Access 
• Distributed Development
• Secure
• Cross Platform
• IDE Integration
• Build Automation
• Software Development Kit (SDK)
• Powerful Operations
• Miscellaneous Features

High Performance Remote Access

• 100+ times faster than SourceSafe (VSS) Explorer over internet
• Delta Transfer (Professional Edition Only). Only the difference of the files is transferred in Check In, Check Out, Get and Undo Check Out operations
• The data is compressed (zip) before transfer
• Compresses multiple files together to increase compression ratio and reduce the number of file transfer round trip
• Multi-thread file transfer

Distributed Development

• Client-server architecture. No file system access overheads
• Cache Server.  Requested server files are cached on cache server to speed up client access
• Time zone offset management

Secure

• 128-bit Blowfish is used to protect the data
• 128-bit SSL is used to protect the data
• Password Policy to protect your password
• Client-server architecture. No need to expose the SourceSafe database folder

Cross Platform (Professional Edition Only)

• Dynamsoft SourceAnywhere for VSS Java Client can run on any platform where Java Virtual Machine runs, including Windows, Unix, Mac OS X, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, SCO Unix, FreeBSD and so on.

IDE Integration

• Supports Eclipse IDE Integration/Eclipse plug-in  (Professional Edition Only)
• Supports Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 Integration (Professional Edition Only)
• Supports Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 and .NET
IDE Integration
• Supports IBM Rational Rapid Developer 2003 IDE Integration
• Supports Borland Delphi 8.0 IDE Integration
• Supports the Microsoft Source Code Control Interface (MSSCCI)
• Can be integrated with any MSSCCI compatible IDEs

Build Automation

• ANT Plug-in to provide automatic build support
• CruiseControl.NET Plug-in to provide continuous integration support

SDK

• Java SDK to build your own cross-platform SourceSafe remote access solution (Professional Edition Only)
• COM SDK to build your own SourceSafe remote access solution on Windows platform (Professional Edition Only)

Powerful Operations

• Almost all the SourceSafe operations are supported: Add Files, Create Project, Delete Files or Projects, Get Latest Version, Check Out, Check In, Undo Check Out, Move, Deploy, Share, Branch, View, Edit, Show Difference, Set Working Folder, Refresh File List, Stop Current Operation, Show Properties, Show History, Label, Pin, Rename, Change Password, Cloak Project, Status Search, Wildcard Search.

Broad Connectivity

• Supports all TCP/IP connections, such as PPP, ISDN, ADSL, etc.
• Supports SOCKS 4, SOCKS 5 and HTTP proxy

Miscellaneous Features

• Similar GUI with SourceSafe
• Easy to deploy. Built from scratch in C++, Dynamsoft SourceAnywhere for VSS needs no additional components or frameworks
• All operations are cancelable. The application never hangs up due to network problem
• Easy server management with Server Manager and Cache Server Manager