Preparing to Migrate from Visual SourceSafe to Team Foundation Source Control

This post details the preparation steps and the use of the VSSConverter tool for migrating from Visual SourceSafe to Team Foundation Source Control. It outlines backing up the VSS database, identifying and resolving data integrity issues using the VSS Analyze tool, running the converter to identify potential information loss, specifying folders for migration, and creating a user mapping file. Prerequisites include Team Explorer, administrative credentials, SQL Server Express, and Visual SourceSafe 2005 or later.