For whatever reason, SSDT shipped somewhat incomplete with the release of SQL Server 2012 in April. For example, commenting on a SSDT beta release, a user in May of last year offered up the following ...

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 Server Data Tools: A Work in Progress. I've been playing around with the new SQL Server Data Tools, and although many have complained about missing features compared to the "Data Dude" Visual ...

Fresh on the heels of SQL Server 2014 being released to manufacturing, the SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) team yesterday announced support for the new version, along with numerous other enhancements..

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 ...

Learn more about SQL Server Business Intelligence (SQL Server BI) at Techopedia. Data warehouses may provide developers with tools for extracting, transforming, and loading (ETL) data. Performance ...