This is the second post in my series on thinking about SQL Server Developer Tools, Codename “Juneau” (SSDT). The intent of this series is to orient new SSDT users with the product by comparing SSDT’s program model to the program model of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). The following...

  After a lot of hard work by the team, the CTP3 bits for SQL Server Developer Tools, Codename “Juneau” (SSDT) are now available for everyone to take for a spin. The SSDT install experience is based on Microsoft’s Web Platform Installer (Web PI) and lays down all the SSDT goodness you need, including...

This blog has been dark for 7 months as I’ve been working on the next generation of Microsoft’s database development tools – SQL Server Developer Tools, Codename “Juneau” (which I will abbreviate as SSDT for obvious reasons ;-). As SSDT has reached a point of public disclosure, I feel the time is right...