DT offers a core set of courses aimed at covering the Application Lifecycle, from requirements gathering, analysis and design to development, testing, process and project management.

Visual SourceSafe - Using

Course Overview
This course will teach delegates all they need to know about using Visual SourceSafe in a development environment. This course is aimed at users of Microsoft Visual SourceSafe.

What will I learn?
Delegates will gain an overview of all the basic features of Visual SourceSafe and will become competent in using it for documenting and reporting.

Course Style
This course is hands-on with practical exercises throughout. We provide you with individual PC's so that you are able to work alone. Class sizes are kept small so that you will receive personal attention. You will take away extensive printed course material, which will be of on going use to you in your work.

Course Contents

Configuration Management Overview

• Configuration Management Terms
• SourceSafe Terms and Definitions

The Basics, Checking In and Checking Out Options

• What Happens During Check Out
• Check In Options
• Check Out Options
• Get Command

Projects and Files

• Defining a New Project
• Adding Files to a Project
• File History
• Project Properties

Documenting and Reporting

• Tracking Versions in SourceSafe
• Labels
• Find in Files Command and Searching
• Difference Reporting

Branching and Merging

• Branching
• Creating a Branch Project
• Merging

Security and Customisation

• Customisation
• Types of Customisation
• What Types of Security are Possible with SourceSafe

Command Line

• Command Line Syntax
• Command Line Options
• Commands not available in the GUI environment

Prerequisites
No programming experience is necessary.

Recommended Follow-On Courses

Duration
1 days