Tasks can be error-prone, especially when they involve developing, testing, and maintaining custom scripts. It’s important to have the right tools for the job and in a recent DBTA Webinar, David Terry ...

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.

The SQL Server Vulnerability Assessment tool (VA) is a feature within SQL Server Management Server (SSMS) 17.4 that scans your SQL Server instances of version 2012 and later, identifies security ...

When SQL Server 2012 comes out, so, too, will SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT), code name "Juneau," which will provide full-fidelity database design and development experience that can work offline or on ...

Other profiling tools have richer features (which you’ll pay for); but a SQL Server licence allows you to use this modest profiling tool at no extra cost. Let’s explore the tool by profiling ...

SQL Data Discovery & Classification, a tool within Microsoft's SQL Server 2019, could inform attackers which data within a database is labeled sensitive, and which isn't, researchers report.

The tools will hook into SQL Server 7 Olap Services, an analysis tool bundled with the relational database. However, many desktop tools will only have compatibility bolted on, rather than built ...