Red Gate has released SQL Test, a unit testing add-in for SQL Server Management Studio. It allows developers to create and run unit tests from within SSMS, and share them with other team members.

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 improving it with user-requested functionality.

Lenni Lobel offered a walk through of the SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) built into Visual Studio 2012 and available for free download for users of Visual Studio 2010.

tSQLt is a free, open-source framework for unit testing in SQL Server. By writing tSQLt test cases, developers can create fake tables and views based on production data, then compare expected ...

Untangle SQL Server connection strings Today’s README file explains how to create connection strings to SQL Server databases using Visual Studio’s built-in tools.

Last week, Microsoft announced it would begin open-sourcing Visual Studio Test, its unit testing system, as an open source project as well.