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SSDT and Visual Studio versions
Hello All, there has been some questions around our support for various Visual Studio versions and the update mechanism for them. I hope this will help clarify some of the questions:Visual Studio...
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SQL Server Data Tools for SQL Server 2014 is available
We’d like to announce the availability of the latest March 2014 release of SSDT with support for SQL Server 2014 databases. This version is fully compatible with SQL Server 2014.This update is now...
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Developing Enterprise SQL Server Features in Visual Studio database tooling
SQL Server 2014 introduced a number of new enterprise features. The most notable of these are memory optimized tables and natively compiled stored procedures. When developing databases with enterprise...
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SQL Server Data Tools July Update
We’d like to announce the availability of the latest July 2014 release of SSDT. This update is now available for Visual Studio 2012 and 2013. For Visual Studio 2012 use the “SQL –> Check for...
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MSBuild support for Schema Compare is available
Schema compare is one of the most important Visual Studio SQL Server tooling components. As of our July release the schema compare functionality is available via MSBuild. It can be run from the command...
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Creating an administrative install of SSDT update for Visual Studio 2013
Since we are offering our VS2013 update via the Visual Studio update channel, there aren't any specific instructions on how to get the download if you need to create an administrative layout. You may...
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SQL Server Database Projects and Team Foundation Build
This post provides walkthroughs that discuss the use of SQL Server Database Projects (.sqlproj files) with Team Foundation Build in Team Foundation Server 2013. The scenarios addressed are:Configuring...
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Presentation on Visual Studio Database Projects Integration with Visual...
This post contains the slide deck from a recent presentation on how to integrate Visual Studio Database Projects with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server. We have also recently published an...
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SQL Server database tooling November update
We’d like to announce the availability of the latest November 2014 release of SQL Server database tooling for Visual Studio. This update is now available for Visual Studio 2012 and 2013. For Visual...
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SQL Server Database Tooling Preview Release for the latest Azure SQL Database...
We are excited to announce the release of the Preview of Microsoft® SQL Server Database Tooling in Visual Studio and Microsoft® Data-Tier Application Framework Preview for the latest Azure SQL Database...
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New Advanced Publish Options to Specify Object Types to Exclude or Not Drop
Our team has been hard at work these past few months, and we're thrilled to announce that the most frequently requested improvement to SQL Server Data Tools is here. We plan to release an update of SQL...
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SQL Server Data Tools and Data-Tier Application Framework Update for February...
The SQL Server Data Tools team is pleased to announce an update for SQL Server Data Tools in Visual Studio and the Data-tier Application Framework (DACFX) is now available.Get it here:SQL Server Data...
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DacSamples Moves from CodePlex to GitHub
The DacSamples project is moving from CodePlex to GitHub under the new name /Microsoft/DACExtensions/. As part of the move the team is adding a new extension to the DacFx API to allow easier usage of...
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Data-Tier Application Framework Update for May 2015
The SQL Server Data Tools team is pleased to announce an update for the Data-tier Application Framework (DACFX) is now available. This update adds support to DACFX for Full Text Search in Azure SQL DB....
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Presentation: Best Practices for multi-environment database development
A few months ago our team presented at the SQLBits XIV conference. The topic was Best Practices for multi-environment database development. The full video can be found on the SQLBits site and is a very...
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SQL Server Data Tools Update for May 2015
The SQL Server Data Tools team is pleased to announce an update for SSDT is now available. This update adds support to SSDT for Full Text Search in Azure SQL DB.Get it here:SQL Server Data Tools:...
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SSDT June 2015 Preview
Today we announce the latest preview of SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT). It is the first release from our fast-train preview program. Fast-train preview program implies that SSDT will be on a frequent...
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SQL Server Data Tools RTM update for July 2015
The SQL Server Data Tools team is pleased to announce an update for SSDT RTM is now available. Visual Studio 2015 was released to manufacturing (RTM) on July 20 and this update fully supports Visual...
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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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