CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION: * Run proof build to test changes on server before commit or push. * Run builds concurrently to get fast feedback. * Run builds upon commit, use a schedule, or upon dependency finish. * Report build progress and log in real time. * Monitor/trigger build and receive build notifications through tray monitor without opening browser. * Send failure notifications to committed users to ensure responsibility. * Comparable and customizable statistics chart of key performance indicators. * Build auto cleanup strategy to reduce disk space usage. CONTINUOUS DEPLOYMENT: * Push commits to different build and deployment stages via pipeline. * Be able to mark a good build as recommended to make it stand out of other builds. * Flexible build promotions to implement user defined actions such as release, deploy, etc. * Keep track of each deployment in form of deployment builds, and can roll back to any previous deployment. * Compare different QA builds, release builds or deployment builds to get source changes. * Access build artifacts and project documents. BUILD SETUP AND WORKFLOW DESIGN: * Organize projects hierarchically for easy management and navigation. * Reuse build workflows between projects through inheritance and achieve workflow diversity by using variables. * Design complex build workflow visually, with drag and drop support. * Repeat execution of steps, either sequentially or parallelly. * Flexible version strategy for QA and release builds. * Transitive build dependency support and artifacts resolving. * Parameterized manual build with customizable option screen. BUILD GRID AND CLOUD INTEGRATION: * Scale to support massive builds simply by adding more nodes. * Run steps of a single build parallelly on multiple nodes to accelerate build speed. * Flexible node selection mechanism to enable build step running on one or more compatible nodes, with load balancing. * Resource management to reflect capability of the grid. * Partition the grid between different departments/projects. * Optionally store artifacts on agents to reduce server load. * Launch node into cloud environment including Amazon EC2 on demand. * Key performance indicators to keep track of server and grid health. * Auto-update agents when server is upgraded.

* Helps protect your team from accidental file loss. * Allows back-tracking to earlier versions of a file. * Supports branching, sharing, merging, and management of file releases. * Tracks versions of entire projects. * Tracks modular code (one file that is reused, or shared, by multiple projects). * Visual SourceSafe allows the quick and efficient sharing of files among projects. The organization of files into projects makes team coordination intuitive. * Using the Visual SourceSafe automation interfaces, you can write extensions based on Visual SourceSafe as needed for your environment. Extensions are usually provided in the form of stand-alone applications written to the automation interfaces. You can also extend Visual SourceSafe functionality by writing an add-in or plug-in that is compatible with the integrated development environment (IDE) of the third-party program that will run the software package.