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Where’s my SSDT?
"I just installed SSDT but can't find it!" If this sounds like you, read on... If you installed SSDT in the stand-alone shell you should have no problems- confusion sometimes occurs when SSDT is...
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Upcoming T-SQL Toolbar and Context menu changes
For our upcoming release, we made some changes to our connected SQL editor toolbar based on feedback from the MSDN forums, SQL Pass, and Microsoft Connect. We hope you like the new design. Our design...
View ArticleSQL Server Data Tools Preview update for December 2015
The SQL Server Data Tools team is pleased to announce an update for SSDT Preview is now available. The SSDT Preview update for December 2015 includes bug fixes and enhancements for the new connection...
View ArticleSQL Server Data Tools Preview update for January 2016
The SQL Server Data Tools team is pleased to announce an update for SSDT Preview is now available. The SSDT Preview update for Jan 2016 added support for the latest updates of SQL Server 2016 CTP3.3,...
View ArticleSQL Server Data Tools Preview update for Feb 2016
The SQL Server Data Tools team is pleased to announce an update for SSDT Preview is now available. The SSDT Preview update for Feb 2016 enables SSIS one-designer support for SQL Server 2012 and SQL...
View ArticleSpecial update: SSDT Preview Update with SQL Server 2016 RC2 support
This month we are not releasing the standard SSDT monthly refresh on our main download page. We’ll cover why we’re doing this and how to get support for the latest SQL Server 2016 RC2 compatible SSDT...
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Part 4. Orchestrate Azure SQL Database Release with Continuous Deployment
This blog is part 4 of Automate Build and Deployment of Azure SQL Database with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment. Content of Tutorial: Part 1. Prerequisite for Azure SQL Database Build...
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Part 3. Create Nuget package for Azure SQL Database
This blog is part 3 of Automate Build and Deployment of Azure SQL Database with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment. Content of Tutorial: Part 1. Prerequisite for Azure SQL Database Build...
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Part 2. Automate Building Azure SQL Database with Continuous Integration
This blog is part 2 of Automate Build and Deployment of Azure SQL Database with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment. Content of Tutorial: Part 1. Prerequisite for Azure SQL Database Build...
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Part 1. Prerequisite for Azure SQL Database Build and Deployment Automation
This blog is part 1 of Automate Build and Deployment of Azure SQL Database with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment. Content of Tutorial: Part 1. Prerequisite for Azure SQL Database Build...
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Automate Build and Deployment of Azure SQL Database with Continuous...
One of key benefits of developing database with SSDT is you can easily integrate Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) practices to database development. You can develop and manage your database in...
View ArticleSQL Server Data Tools Preview update for April 2016
The SQL Server Data Tools team is pleased to announce an update for SSDT Preview is now available. The SSDT Preview update for April 2016 added support for the latest updates of SQL Server 2016 RC3,...
View ArticleSQL Server Data Tools GA update for June 2016
The SQL Server Data Tools team is pleased to announce an update for SSDT General Availability (GA) is now released. The SSDT GA update for June 2016 added support for the latest updates of SQL Server...
View ArticleChanges to SSDT and SqlPackage.exe installation and updates
A major benefit of the new SQL Server is that you don’t need to wait years to get new features. Azure SQL DB is adding features on a frequent basis and the tools you use need to keep up with this. The...
View ArticleSQL Server Data Tools July Update
The SQL Server Data Tools team is pleased to announce an update for SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) is now available. The SSDT update for July 2016 adds bug fixing and enhanced support for SQL Server 2016...
View ArticleSQL Server Data Tools 16.3 Release
The SQL Server Data Tools team is pleased to announce an update for SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) is now available. The SSDT 16.3 release introduces new Tabular Model Explorer, enhancements for Always...
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Part 5. Use your own Build and Deployment Agent
This blog is part 5 of Automate Build and Deployment of Azure SQL Database with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment. Content of Tutorial: Part 1. Prerequisite for Azure SQL Database Build...
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Releasing SSDT with Visual Studio “15” Preview 4 and introducing SSDT MSBuild...
Today marks the release of Visual Studio “15” Preview 4. The SQL Server Data Tools team is happy to announce support for the relational database set of SQL tools – SQL Projects, Schema Compare, Data...
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Sqlpackage.exe: How to get the detail information of supported parameters
In the recent events, we have received questions about sqlpackage.exe and its supported parameters. In this blog, I will share a simple tip to get the help information about all supported parameters...
View ArticleSchema Compare in SqlPackage and the Data-Tier Application Framework (DACFx)
In the most recent version of SqlPackage.exe and the Data-Tier Application Framework (DACFx), we have introduced some new functionality: Schema Compare! A couple of years ago we added MSBuild support...
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