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 Studio projects and other tools that SSDT ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

As part of Microsoft SQL Server, users have access to tools to help them implement business intelligence, the process of turning raw data into actionable information.

In this second delve into data cleanliness (read the first, How clean is your data?, here), we’ll test-drive the data profiling tool provided with Microsoft SQL Server. Other profiling tools ...

SQL Server 2012 will offer a variety of new features centered on big data, business intelligence and cloud computing.

2. SQL Server Management Studio If we are talking about database management tools, the best choice is SQL Server Management Studio. It combines a powerful set of user-friendly graphical tools and ...

Availability The latest versions of dbForge SQL Tools, including dbForge SQL Complete and dbForge Studio for SQL Server 7.1, are now available for download.