Serena® Dimensions® CM integrates the version and request management features of Dimensions directly into the Visual Studio environment. You can synchronize your Visual Studio projects and files with the Dimensions CM repository and update defects and issues without ever leaving your IDE. Once you have completed your work you can deliver your changes to projects and streams in Dimensions, while maintaining history using requests. The integration provides rich version and issue management functionality. Whether you are using Dimensions CM to manage requests and defects, you can create, update, and progress issues as you work on them.