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Asked: 2026-05-13T22:01:03+00:00

I want to set up a SVN Server on a Windows 2003 system. At

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I want to set up a SVN Server on a Windows 2003 system.

At the moment I am not sure if I should install CollabNet-SVN or VisualSVN.
I have read, that CollabNet-SVN only provides a command line client for administration and
that it is a little bit tedious to set it up. VisualSVN comes with a GUI based administration client, which is easy to use.

Therefore I have some questions:

Are there free administration tools (with a GUI) for CollabNet SVN Server ?

Are there short and easy to learn tutorials to use CollabNet SVN ?

Visual SVN installs Apache too ! For CollabNet SVN this is not necessary.
Are there problems, if there is also an active IIS on the Windows Server ?

Is it better to use CollabNet SVN with an apache installation ? In my case web access
is not necessary !

Are the capabilities of Visual SVN (Standard Edition) and CollabNet SVN equal ?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Visual SVN Server indeed has a nice GUI for repository maintenance and setting up access rights. In addition, it also allows you to set access rights using your windows accounts (windows authentication), which can make your life a lot easier.

    During my quick tests, I did not find any problems with with IIS due to installing Visual SVN Server (it allows you to use a different port than the standard 443). BTW: Visual SVN Server uses the https:// protocol, whereas with svnserve you could use svn://.

    These are the reasons why I will switch to Visual SVN Server soon.

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