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VSS Remoting Overview
VSS Remoting is a remote SourceSafe database accessing software. Using VSS Remoting, you can access your SourceSafe databases through any internet connections in a fast and secure way. VSS Remoting is integrated with Visual Studio, Eclipse, Dreamweaver and Flash IDE seamlessly. Developers can edit files in remote SourceSafe databases without leaving the program in which they are working. By adopting VSS Remoting in your workgroup, you can greatly improve the productivity of your team, and make your team collaboration better.


VSS Remoting provides the following remote VSS access methods:

  • VSS Remoting Explorer
  • VSS Web Interface
  • Command Line Client
  • Plugin for Microsoft Visual Studio
  • Plugin for Eclipse
  • Plugin for Dreameaver and Flash IDE

 

VSS Remoting Architecture

Microsoft SourceSafe(tm) is not a native Client/Server software. To share SourceSafe databases in your team, you have to share SourceSafe database folders to all team members. Sharing database folders exposes your database totally to the outside, which causes your database potentially be copied by hackers or damaged by virus. Accessing databases in a shared folder is also very slow when your database is getting big.

VSS Remoting is a true Client/Server software. After installing VSS Remoting Server on a machine that hosts SourceSafe databases, you can access your databases via any internet connections from anywhere. VSS Remoting client and server use standard HTTPS as communication protocol, all data transmitted between client and server is compressed and encrypted. No database folders need to be shared, which makes your database secure. Accessing databases via Internet connection is also many times faster than via shared folders.



VSS Remoting Architecture
VSS Remoting is registered trademark of Source Remoting Software. Microsoft Visual SourceSafe is registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.