Using SSDT means we don't just shout orders at the database; instead, we plan what we're going to say. For almost 13 years, Microsoft has tried to make Visual Studio a place where developers can do ...

The SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) are modern development tools for building SQL Server relational databases, Azure SQL databases, bases in Azure SQL, Analysis Services (AS) data models, Integration ...

How Do I Add Business Intelligence To Visual Studio? The Visual Studio 2019 extension can be installed from the Extensions menu… Manage Extensions… Select Online ...

Microsoft recently updated SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) with support for Visual Studio 2012, improved LocalDB functionality and new SSDT Power Tools. SSDT, if you're unfamiliar with it, is a ...

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REDMOND, Wash. — Oct. 12, 2011 — Kicking off PASS Summit 2011, Microsoft Corporate Vice President Ted Kummert addressed an audience of more than 5,000 technology professionals to discuss how Microsoft ...

Today’s README file explains how to create connection strings to SQL Server databases using Visual Studio’s built-in tools. To provide an example using real source, I created a simple Winforms ...

In this second delve into data cleanliness (read the first, How clean is your data?, here), we’ll test-drive the data profiling tool provided with Microsoft SQL Server. Other profiling tools have ...

I am looking for suggestions on an alternative product for comparing SQL schema and data with Microsoft SQL server (2012). Up to this point in time our company has used Red Gate SQL Compare and SQL ...

Microsoft today released SQL Server 2022, the latest version of its database software, which originally launched more than 33 years ago. Microsoft describes this release as the “most Azure-enabled ...