Fortress for Vault Users

What is Fortress?

Fortress is everything Vault is… and then some.

All of Vault's world-class version control abilities are there, plus integrated Work Item tracking — so your code, your history, your bug reports and feature requests are all in one place.

Why should I switch to Fortress?

Your work is important to you — that's why you chose Vault. What about making sure you're doing the right work? And not missing anything? How about following up through testing and deployment, and tracking down issues to their original context?

That's where Fortress comes in.

With Fortress, every source code checkin carries the full history of the task it was meant to accomplish. Not just the lines of code affected, but also user requests, test results, commentary from all the developers involved, screenshots, documentation, and more.

Want to know why a function call was written the way it was? Fortress Line History takes you back in time through that function's revisions, letting you see the Work Items being dealt with every step of the way.

Need to see who requested a change? Each entry in your revision history leads back to the Work Items involved.

And it works both ways: a "bug tracking" spreadsheet might tell you when a fix was made (if it's manually kept up-to-date). But Fortress can tell you exactly which files were added, changed, deleted in the process.

Fortress helps manage your entire development process: keep track of project Milestones and Due Dates; keep your Assigned Tasks in front of you; watch the status of bugs you've reported or features you've requested; and know which users and customers to follow up with.

Upgrading from Vault to Fortress

Upgrading from Vault to Fortress requires about the same amount of time and effort as upgrading to a new Vault version. Which is to say, very little.

1. Uninstall Vault, leaving your database in place.
2. Install Fortress.
3. There is no step 3.

Fortress works where Vault works -- in Visual Studio .NET, in Eclipse, in your favorite editor, at your command line, and on the web. Logins remain the same, the version control features look and feel the same -- they're just more powerful now.

Special upgrade pricing is available for Vault users, a 30-day Free Trial is available, and of course Fortress comes with the great support you've come to expect from SourceGear.

Retire the spreadsheet. Toss the homebrewed database app. Let Fortress keep it all together so you can concentrate on the fun parts.