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.

PolyBase, a data virtualization feature for SQL Server, allows users to seamlessly query data from various external sources directly using T-SQL (Transact-SQL) without the need for separate client ...

In Project Properties, in the Project Settings tab, select the version of SQL Server that you're using from the Target Platform dropdown list. Now you need to add the database you're working with to ...

If you are a developer experiencing “Connect to Server” errors using SQL Server Management Studio on your local machine or development box, consult the checklist below to quickly find, and fix ...

Learn how to install and configure SQL Server Management Studio, download a SQL Server, and connect them on a Windows 11/10/Server computer..

Remove ReportViewer from Visual Studio’s release cycle entirely and ship it as a plug-in with each version of SQL Server. And in the mean time don’t drop backwards compatibility with every ...

I know you can install Windows 11 for ARM in Parallels and then run Visual Studio and SQL Server on top of that (with ARM-x64 emulation, I guess?), but IIS support was missing last I checked.

Beta on tap for Visual Studio, SQL Server Just in time for TechEd Europe, Microsoft also plans a low-cost edition of its Visual Studio software development product.

The bad: to run my particular projects, I have to install the ASP.NET Core Runtime. After installing, this adds a “development time IIS support” feature to Visual Studio that you can enable.

Microsoft Introduces Visual Studio "Whidbey" and SQL Server "Yukon" Features for the Next Wave of Connected, Information-Driven Applications ...