I recently caught up with Vicky Harp, lead program manager of the SQL Server tools team, who helped clarify Microsoft's vision for each of its database tools, as well as provided a general roadmap ...

I've been playing with the new SQL Server Data Tools, and I'm impressed by the way Microsoft has gotten the product out for review and is improving it with user-requested functionality. I've been ...

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 ...

Locate the directory of your SQL Database needing to be moved. By default (which isn’t a good practice) the location of your databases are here: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50 ...

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, ...

Top free Microsoft server tools: Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 We all ... Migration Assistants helpful for bringing an existing database into SQL: one for MySQL, and one for Access.

At Microsoft Build, SQL Server 2025 enters ... reliability and developer tools -- reaffirming Microsoft’s continued investment in its flagship on-premises database platform.

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here), we’ll test-drive the data profiling tool provided with Microsoft SQL Server. Other profiling tools have richer features (which you’ll pay for); but a SQL Server licence allows you to ...

The new XML Spy provides enhanced tools support for Microsoft developers and database administrators. As a result of cooperation with the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 product team, the XML Spy 4.3 ...