Hi there,

   Ours is a small development environment and we develop software using VS.NET 2003. We also have apps developed in ASP, ACCESS, VBA. All of these evenetually converted to VS.NET 2005.  

   While our apps are growing and we felt the need of latest version of VSS to protect our code. For now I am only the guy to take care of the development and deployment (one man army) but in future we might a have need to provide acces to another or more developers.

Now, I need help where we can buy VSS software from and how many user licences we need just for now. To my I think we just need one user licence but not sure we still can upgrade to two or more user down the line paying more for extra licences.

So I need some help in what version Visual Studio 2005 is best for me. Does any version of the Visual Studio 2005 comes along with Visual Source Safe 2005?

These are the different versions I see on line

 1).Microsoft? Visual Studio? 2005 Standard Edition --- costs around $299.00

2).Microsoft? Visual Studio? 2005 Professional Edition --- costs  around $799.00

3).Microsoft? Visual Studio? 2005 Professional Edition with MSDN? Professional Subscription - costs around $1199.00

4).Microsoft? Visual Studio? 2005 Professional Edition with MSDN? Premium Subscription - costs around $2499.00

 Out of all the versions above we would like to buy the version that also include VSS 2005 out of the box. So that we do not have to buy it spending another $400 - $500.

Could some take few minutes to help me understand this.

Thanks in advance,
-L

If you?ve ever considered becoming a Microsoft Partner you should check out the Microsoft Empower program.  It?s great for companies that are growing such as yours. 

https://partner.microsoft.com/US/40011351?PS=3

FYI:  Shop around for Microsoft software.  Avoid deals that are two good to be true, because they probably are.  However the price of an MSDN subscription can vary by quite a bit, check multiple reputable companies.

I run a company with a developer in the UK (I?m in the US).  We needed a source control solution that we could both use remotely.  We chose SourceGear Vault?

http://www.sourcegear.com/vault/index.html

We have it hosted on a semi-dedicated-server on WebHost4Life

http://www.webhost4life.com

I?ve been really happy with Vault, not only does it work well for us but Eric Sink?s weblog changed the way I view source control?

http://software.ericsink.com/scm/source_control.html

In the past I always used the Check Out/Edit/Check In approach.  However after reading Eric?s blog I decided to try the Edit/Merge/Commit approach. Vault supports both methodologies and VS IDE integration.  However, using the Edit/Merge/Commit approach, I find I don?t need IDE integration and I turn it off. 

Hi Brian,

 Thank you for taking time to type in valuable things. And if this is some thing out of experience I value it a lot. I will post if I have any questions on this.

Thanks

-L