For whatever reason, SSDT shipped somewhat incomplete with the release of SQL Server 2012 in April. For example, commenting on a SSDT beta release, a user in May of last year offered up the following ...

Fresh on the heels of SQL Server 2014 being released to manufacturing, the SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) team yesterday announced support for the new version, along with numerous other enhancements.

We have responsibility across the spectrum, from low-level drivers up through the big GUI tools: SMO [SQL Server Management Objects], DacFX [Data-Tier Application Framework], SQL PowerShell, SSDT ...

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 ...

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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 ...

By now, you've heard that Microsoft has publicly released SQL Server 2012. I have to be honest in telling you that it came sooner than I expected, despite my many inside connections at Microsoft. I ...