Since the release of SSDT CTP4, we have become aware of an installation issue dealing with Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1. We are working on a fix, but below is a temporary workaround that can be employed to successfully install SSDT CTP4. Symptom...

SSDT CTP4 is now available for download in our full language set. Download links are available directly on our download site . This page can also be reached through the SQL Server 2012 RC0 Installation Center. If you have already installed SQL Server...

We are happy to announce that SQL Server Data Tools CTP4 (SSDT) is now available for download here ! This release is fully integrated and compatible with SQL Server 2012 RC0. Please note that due to continued propagation problems, we are only able to...

  What is SQL Server Data Tools? SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) is a toolset that allows professional database and application developers to carry out all their database design work for SQL Server and SQL Azure within Visual Studio. SSDT provides a...

Today, the SQL Server Data Tools team is proud to announce the public release of SSDT CTP4 (formerly SQL Server Developer Tools, Code-name “Juneau”)! This newest version, CTP4, can be downloaded here .This marks another milestone in delivering...

If you have previously installed SQL Server Developer Tools, CTP3 Code-named “Juneau”  and are wanting to upgrade to the SSDT CTP4 bits released today, this post will provide the necessary steps to totally remove CTP3 from your machine. Keep in mind...

The table below provides a comparison between the feature set of SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) CTP4 and that of the existing Visual Studio 2010 Database Projects (VSDB). To see an enumeration of common project conversion issues and their workarounds, please...

This post is a guide to some of the more common problems that can be encountered when converting an existing VS2010 Database Project (VSDB) to an SSDT project. Possible solutions and workarounds are included where applicable. If you encounter a problem...

The goal of SSDT is to be fully in sync with SQL Server releases. We are in the final stages of propagating SSDT CTP4 for SQL Server 2012 RC0 to the download centers, but at this point the release is not yet available. As it stands now, all of the...