I am looking for a revision control system(RCS) for Excel files on the same lines as a RCS system for code. For example we normally use Clearcase, Git etc. to source control software source code.

Such a revision control must be able to help people collaborate on same excel file:

1)Maintain versions of excel files

2) Find diff with previous versions.

3) Merge one version of excel file to another.

Please suggest any such suitable RCS system. It could be free/paid, open/closed source - anything is acceptable.

Hi,

According to your description, I recommend you try the Team Foundation Version Control. We can use Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) to control the Excel files and check in all their work into your Team Foundation server, we can easily audit changes and identify which user checked in a changeset. By using compare and annotate we can identify the exact changes that they made.

For more detail information, please refer to the following link:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181237.aspx

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181368.aspx

If you have further question about TFVC, I recommend you post the question in below forum:https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/home?forum=tfsversioncontrol

Regards,

George Zhao
TechNet Community Support