Visual SourceSafe works with any type of file produced by any development language, authoring tool or application. It enables users to work at the file and project levels while promoting file reuse. The market for version-control systems such as Visual SourceSafe has never been better. Traditionally, only software developers have used version-control systems to manage their source code. The Internet, however, has created an opportunity for version-control products to become a critical element of most Web site development projects.
Web sites are much like development environments.
They contain many files that are frequently updated by users. As Web sites are built, administrators who encounter bugs often can benefit from the audit trail that version-control systems provide. The team coordination problem associated with software development is magnified when developing Web sites. Typically, Web sites experience many updates over time, and the sites are developed by diverse teams of webmasters, graphic artists, writers and marketing communications specialists. The Web site development environment can quickly become unmanageable as team members inadvertently lose files, break links, or overwrite other team members' work - all without the safety net of version control.