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 ...

With SQL Server Data Tools, you can access data stored in SQL Server. Microsoft Visual Studio can be used to develop powerful applications for SQL Server, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, and Azure SQL ...

For almost 13 years, Microsoft has tried to make Visual Studio a place where developers can do their database work. Repeatedly, Redmond has tried to make the need to switch over to specialized tools, ...

“Delivering Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 and the SQL Server 2005 April CTP to customers is a milestone ... senior vice president of Servers and Tools at Microsoft. “When we set out to develop these ...

Ballmer noted the importance of the Express family of products by demonstrating that, with the Visual Studio 2005 Express family and SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, Microsoft provides easy-to-use ...

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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 ...

I've been playing around with the new SQL Server Data Tools, and although many have complained about missing features compared to the "Data Dude" Visual Studio projects and other tools that SSDT ...

With Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 all coming out over ... had delivered nine prof-itability blueprints and online tools, launched some $20 billion in innovation ...

“When I joined the SQL Tools team as a PM [program manager] back in October 2018, my top priority was to release SQL Server Management ... an updated Visual Studio 2017 isolated shell that ...