With SQL Server Data Tools, you can access data stored in SQL Server. Microsoft Visual Studio can be used to develop powerful applications for SQL Server, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, and Azure SQL ...

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.

Installing the Power Tools resulted in a new "Projects" node in SSDT's new SQL Server Object Explorer, or SSOX, (with SSMS-like functionality), where you can see the schema of your database and add, ...

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 ...

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.

The Microsoft OLE DB Provider is an SQL tool that enables developers to write code that provides an application with ADO access to an SQL database.

An open source project gives DBAs the ability to channel PowerShell for automating and scaling complex SQL Server tasks, starting with the most basic: database backups.

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.