Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) are modern development tools for building SQL Server relational databases, Azure SQL databases, Analysis Services (AS) data models, Integration Services (IS) ...

Block sizes for disk alignment refer to the size of the data blocks that are read from or written to the storage device. In Windows 11, it is 32k which isn’t supported by SQL Server.

Learn how to install and configure SQL Server Management Studio, download a SQL Server, and connect them on a Windows 11/10/Server computer..

Business Intelligence (BIDS) tool for Visual Studio 2010 replaced by SQL Server Data Tool – Business Intelligence (SSDT-BI). How Do I Install A Bid In Server 2008? Put IMIS in its place.

The Microsoft OLE DB Provider is an SQL tool that enables developers to write code that provides an application with ADO access to an SQL database. The OLE DB Provider is not installed by default ...

Microsoft's SQL Server toolbox is a complicated ecosystem, and differentiating one tool from another is a challenge. Vicky Harp, lead program manager of the SQL Server tools team, clarifies ...

Installing the Power Tools resulted in a new "Projects" node in SSDT's new SQL Server Object Explorer, or SSOX, (with SSMS-like functionality), where you can see the schema of your database and add, ...

Choose a SQL Server trial, edition, tool, or connector that best meets your data and workload needs. Get the full-featured free edition, licensed for use as a development and test database in a ...

In SQL Server 2012, that’s "SQL Server Data Tools"; in SQL Server 2008, it's “Business Intelligence Development Studio”. If you’re missing these components, simply run the SQL Server setup ...