There appears to be confusion among some developers around extensions in Visual Studio Express, Microsoft's free version of its flagship development tool. The question was posed this way by a ...

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 ...

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The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant had hoped both products would ship by late summer, but solution providers have said that timetable was overly optimistic. Also on Monday, Microsoft announced ...

Today’s README file explains how to create connection strings to SQL Server databases using Visual Studio’s built-in tools. To provide an example using real source, I created a simple Winforms ...

Microsoft has up the first three of sixteen video tutorials designed to teach novices the basics of application development with the Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions. Lesson 1: Getting Started with ...

Microsoft is expected this week to release the first beta of its Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 software development products. The software giant also plans to announce a low-cost edition of ...