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 ...

SQL Advisor. SQL Server Data Tools: A Work in Progress. I've been playing with the new SQL Server Data Tools, and I'm impressed by the way Microsoft has gotten the product out for review and is ...

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 ...

The success has been mixed at best, and yet Microsoft is trying again. When SQL Server 2012 comes out, so, too, will SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT), code name "Juneau," which will provide full-fidelity ...

IDERA’S lifecycle management solutions help design, build, monitor, and improve data systems. IDERA SQL Admin Toolset gives users essential desktop tools for everyday SQL Server needs, runs every day ...

Database management and business intelligence software solution, Microsoft SQL Server Business Intelligence (BI) Edition is designed to work at all levels of an enterprise. Users will be able to ...

Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant is one of several Microsoft database tools that simplifies the process of migrating a database, updating one to a new version of SQL or restoring a backup.

Top free Microsoft server tools: SQL Server Migration Assistant Microsoft offers two Migration Assistants helpful for bringing an existing database into SQL: one for MySQL, and one for Access.

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 ...

At Microsoft Build, SQL Server 2025 enters public preview with major enhancements in AI integration, performance, reliability and developer tools -- reaffirming Microsoft’s continued investment ...