I have a need to sync up with a legacy source control which is using VSS.
I cannot find any documentation on how to get/enable VSS in Visual Studio 2015 Professional (from MSDN license).
I have looked at the dropdown in the Source Control menu, under Tools -> Options, and the only plugins that exist there are Microsoft Git Provider, Microsoft Team Foundation Server, and None.
FYI - I found this: http://www.dynamsoft.com/blog/version-control-how-to/how-to-connect-visual-studio-2013-to-visual-sourcesafe/
Seems this is a viable solution (although it is only a 30 day trial). Will mark as answer unless a free way is provided.
Install the SourceSafe patch below to enable Visual Studio to display SourceSafe in its Tools|Source Control Plug-in list
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=291
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Is Visual Source Safe part of VS 2010? I am unable to find Visual Source Safe so I was thinking of downloading VS2010 if it was a part of it.
SourceSafe has been discontinued. The last version was released in 2005.
If you have access to a MSDN Subscription you can download Visual SourceSafe 2005!
I have done a lot of research and concluded that
Visual Source is genuinely available from two sources only:
1) MSDN Subscription
2) CD from Microsoft - Buy a MS Visual Sourcesafe CD from Microsoft retail.
There ia no other way to get a genuine copy of MS Sourcesafe I am afraid!
I have Visual Studio 2013 and I have a number of projects in Visual Studio Online, but I still have some old projects that are in Visual Source Safe. It works fine on two pcs but we have a third that when you try to set you source control Visual Source Safe does not show up.
Doe anyone have any ideas on how to add Visual Source Safe to VS 2013 so it will show as a choice in the dropdown.
According to Microsoft support:
Visual Source Safe is no more is an active product and its no surprise
if the plugin is not available in Visual Studio 2013 as Microsoft
stopped supporting it long ago and its replaced by Team Foundation
Server. If you are still using Visual Source Safe, its recommended to
upgrade to Team Foundation Server.
You can use Team Foundation Server Express (up to 5 users) for free
and use the Visual SourceSafe Upgrade Tool to import your project
directly into TFS. Or buy a full server from $400 and up.
Alternatively, you can open a Visual Studio Online account (free for 5
users) and migrate your sources to the cloud. You can add additional
users for a monthly license fee.
If you are an MSDN subscriber or Microsoft Partner, your subscription
might actually include a full TFS license.
Source: https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/40136b63-96ab-4807-9599-ca80c3a7bb7a/how-to-open-visual-source-safe-in-visual-studio-2013-express?forum=tfsversioncontrol
Update : I've found that you have to install the VSS after VS2013 on your system. please reinstall it.
I installed Visual Studio 2013 Release Candidate and after opening a project I noticed CodeLens information is not showing up.
In the preview versions you had to turn this on in the options menu, but I can't seem to find this option anymore.
Why doesn't this work?
You need Visual Studio 2013 Ultimate with Team Foundation Server 2013.
To use this feature you will need Visual Studio 2013 Preview and Team
Foundation Server 2013 Preview as some information comes from TFS.
and:
Here's what you’ll need:
Visual Studio Ultimate 2013 to find references
Team Foundation Server 2013 to find changesets, code review requests,
and different kinds of work items
Source
This article will tell you the same.
You can download Team Foundation Server here.
The option is hidden in
Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> All Languages -> Code Information Indicators
The only one that appears to work for us is the references, even though all options are enabled.
Update: My missing options were answered here...
VS 2013 CodeLens
Hope this helps.
There is countless add-ins on http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/ but it seems they are all not for visual studio express (I use visual studio 2010 C# express in my laptop).
But extension manager does provide links to the site so I wonder how can I add-ins for VS express in the site?
Visual Studio Express does not support add-ins.
If you are student, you may be able to get full version (Professional) from either MSDN AA or from DreamSpark. Otherwise you are out of luck (unless you purchase it yourself).
EDIT: You may also try SharpDevelop. It is open-source alternative to Visual Studio. It does not support Visual Studio extensions, but it does support its own extensions. And it may have the features you are looking for.
EDIT Dec 2014: There is now a Visual Studio Community Edition which is free for noncommercial and some commerical uses and does support add-ins!
I'm looking at the MSDN subscription comparison (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/subscriptionschart.aspx) and am a bit confused. Regarding VS2010 Premium and Ultimate: what is the difference between the two? Both offer TFS but only Ultimate comes with Team Explorer. Can you use TFS without Team Explorer?
Ultimate comes with Team Explorer "Eaglestone" - an eclipse plugin. All of the versions offering TFS come with the visual studio Team Explorer.
The answer is a bit outdated now so here is an update and some context: Team Explorer is the rich client for Team Foundation Server. All Visual Studio 2010 (and later) editions come with Team Explorer built in. For previous versions of Visual Studio (2005 and 2008) it came as a seperate install. You can still download it for free from the Microsoft website and install it even if you don't have Visual Studio installed. Team Explorer "Eaglestone" is now branded as Team Explorer Everywhere; it is an equivalent rich client, but instead of running as a plug-in to Visual Studio, it is a plug-in for Eclipse. There used to be a seperate license fee for Team Explorer Everywhere, but it is now available for free.