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Upgrade Issue to Visual Studio 2012 RC
Since the release of Visual Studio 2012 RC, the SQL Server Data Tools team has become aware of several reports of SSDT no longer working when machines are upgraded from Visual Studio 2012 Beta to...
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SSDT at TechEd 2012
If you're attending TechEd North America this week, make sure to sync up with the SSDT team! Team members will be staffing a Cloud on Your Terms demo station in the Exhibition Hall, where we'll be...
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Composite Projects and Schema Compare
Several questions have been raised on the forum regarding use of composite projects. This post discusses composite projects in general and then describes a technique you can use with Schema Compare...
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Managing Database Change in Source Control
This post demonstrates two methods for managing database changes in source control with SQL Server Data Tools.The standard integration that you would find with any project type in Visual Studio is all...
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SQL Server Data-Tier Application Framework (September 2012) Available
We are pleased to announce a new release of SQL Server Data-Tier Application Framework (DACFx)! What’s new?This September, 2012 release includes an update to SqlPackage.exe where the following...
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Coming Friday! SSDT – September 2012 Update for Visual Studio 2010 and Visual...
On Friday, September 14th, SQL Server Data Tools will release an update for both Visual Studio 2010 and Visual Studio 2012. SSDT functionality for both Visual Studio versions are completely in sync...
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Now available: SQL Server Data Tools - September 2012 update!
The SSDT team is pleased to announce that SQL Server Data Tools - September 2012 update is now available for download!Get it here: SSDT for Visual Studio 2012:...
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New SSDT Power Tools! Now for both Visual Studio 2010 and Visual Studio 2012
I’m pleased to announce the latest release of SSDT Power Tools! We continue to use power tools to get early versions of experiences or quick features to you and we’re always interested in hearing your...
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SSDT & DACFx (October 2012) Compatibility Notes
We recently released a new version of the DACFx runtime, DACFx (October 2012). This latest release brings with it several changes that affect compatibility between DACFx and SQL Server Data Tools...
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Announcing SQL Server Data Tools - June 2013
We are pleased to announce that SQL Server Data Tools - June 2013 is now available for download. This release introduces several new features that we have consistently received requests for via MSDN...
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SQL Server Data-Tier Application Framework (June 2013) Available
What’s new?This feature release of the Data-Tier Application Framework (DACFx) brings with it a significant payload of both new functionality as well as 100+ bug fixes since the last release. The...
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SQL Server Data-Tier Application Framework (July 2013) Available
What’s new?This update to the Data-Tier Application Framework (DACFx) addresses a high-priority customer reported issue causing potential corruption of DAC package artifacts, including pre- and...
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Optimizing Scripts for Faster Incremental Deployment
Incremental deployment is the process of updating an existing database with new changes that were made by the developer in SSDT. Below we show you a tip on how to speed up incremental deployment by...
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Updated SQL Server Data Tools and Data-Tier Application Framework for August...
The SSDT team is pleased to announce that SQL Server Data Tools - August 2013 update is now available for download.Get it here:SSDT for Visual Studio 2012: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/jj650015SSDT...
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Updated Sql Server Data Tools for September 2013
The September 2013 release has a targeted fix for the Schema Compare error when working with large display text or high DPI. This release will replace the August 2013 release and contains the same bug...
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Known issue: SSDT install fails validating certificates
We are aware of a new issue today where installing SSDT will fail with the following message "A required certificate is not within its validity period when verifying against the current system clock or...
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Updated SQL Server Data Tools October 2013
The October 2013 release contains an updated installer that does not fail due to certificate validation of the chained MSIs. This release also contains a code change that will allow graceful handling...
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SQL Server Data Tools for SQL Server 2014 CTP2 is available
We’d like to announce the availability of SSDT that supports SQL Server 2014 databases. SQL Server Data Tools for SQL Server 2014 CTP2 is pre-release software, does not support upgrade from an...
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DacFx Public Model Tutorial
Recently there has been an increasing interest in extending the capabilities of SSDT and DacFx. The walkthrough guides for creating new build and deployment contributors and database unit test...
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Updated SQL Server Data Tools January 2014
The SSDT January 2014 release has been updated to support both SQL Server 2012 Parallel Data Warehouse Appliance Update 1 and continues to support SQL Server 2012 Parallel Data Warehouse. This release...
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