How to: Set up the Server that Runs the Visual SourceSafe Version Control System

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Applies To: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Feature Pack, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012

This topic describes how to set up Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS) as a version control system for Microsoft Dynamics AX.

To set up the server you must:

  • Create a new VSS database on the version control server.

  • Create a project.

  • Share the VSS database folder.

  • Restrict developer access to the system settings.

    Note

    We recommend that you restrict access to the VCSdev.xml file to prevent developers from modifying global version control settings.

To create a new VSS database on the version control server

  1. Open Microsoft Visual SourceSafe Administration.

  2. Click File > New Database, and then click Next.

  3. In the Location text box, type the path and folder name of the database, and then click Next.

  4. Type the name of the new VSS database, and then click Next.

  5. Select the Lock-Modify-Unlock Model check box to use the pessimistic concurrency model, or select the Copy-Modify-Merge Model check box to allow for concurrent development, and then click Next.

  6. Click Finish.

To create a project

  1. Open VSS. In the VSS database, right-click the root node ($/), and then click Create project.

  2. Type a name for the project that will hold the Microsoft Dynamics AX objects.

To share the VSS database folder

  1. Right-click the VSS database folder, and then click Sharing and Security.

  2. Click Share this folder.

  3. Click the Permissions button.

  4. In the Group or User names pane, select a user group, a user, or everyone.

  5. Select the Allow Full Control check box, and then click OK two times.

To restrict developer access to the system settings

  1. Open Microsoft Visual SourceSafe Administration.

  2. Click Tools > Options.

  3. On the Project rights tab, select Enable Rights and Assignments commands, and then click OK.

  4. Click Tools > Rights by project.

  5. Expand the project nodes, and then select the Definitions node.

  6. Select all of the developers in the users list, and clear the Check Out/Check In check box.

    Note

    This enables read-only access to all developers, and the administrator keeps all rights.