Visual Studio 2005/2008 Integration

The SCC integration used for older versions of Visual Studio has already made life much easier for countless developers. Now, with the enhanced integration between PureCM and Visual Studio, there is no need any more to switch applications.

Day-to-day Operations

Of course, developers get what they need most frequently: checkout, submit, view history and update to latest. All of these commands bring up the PureCM dialogues with their powerful diff and merge functionality. Existing SCC features such as "add project" are much easier to use now. Being able to work within Visual Studio allows developers to get started with PureCM in no time, dramatically enhancing user acceptance and avoiding workarounds .

PureCM Changesets

Thanks to the enhanced VS integration, more PureCM features are now available in Visual Studio. Grouping your checkouts in changesets to reflect tasks? Want to preview your colleague's last submitted change before integrating it? You can get this and more with the changeset view added to Visual Studio. Developers will quickly recognise the advantages of these features only available in the GUI so far and start using its power to boost productivity .

Refactoring, Shelving and Merging

Refactoring is not supported via the Microsoft SCC. But now, you get full refactoring support with the PureCM enhanced Visual Studio plugin, which will automatically detect and handle refactoring operations, even when other users are editing the same files. Other advanced features available with the enhanced VS plugin include shelving and merging changes from other streams.

Unlimited Potential

Thanks to the flexibility of the new integration, you can expect that more and more PureCM features will become available in Visual Studio. Just think of PureCM Professional and its issue integration as a starting point...