Barclay Hill
Barclay Hill, Sr. Program Manager, SQL Server Developer Tools, Code-Named “Juneau” (SSDT)
New article in MSDN Database Programming Issue (9/2011) on Juneau Database Projects
Access article here. With the new Database Project in the latest version of SQL Server Developer...
Date: 09/06/2011
SQL Server Developer Tools "Juneau" CTP3 bits available now!
Our CTP3 bits are available now through WebPI. We invite you to evaluate this pre-release version of...
Date: 07/12/2011
On to Juneau
I recently joined the SQL Server Developer Tools team at Microsoft. Our team is working on "Juneau"....
Date: 06/06/2011
Visual Studio 2010 Database Guide published on CodePlex
I have been collaborating with Jens Suessmeyer, the VS ALM Rangers, MVPs, and numerous internal...
Date: 09/13/2010
Visual Studio 2010 Database Deployment API - Part 2
Since posting the first code sample on how to leverage the Visual Studio Database Deployment API, I...
Date: 08/13/2010
Deploying Visual Studio Database Projects from TFS TeamBuild 2010
I had planned to update my previous database continuous integration post with what is new in 2010,...
Date: 08/03/2010
FREEWARE Version of Toad Extension for Visual Studio now available
Shameless cross. FREEWARE Version of Toad Extension for Visual Studio now available
Date: 06/30/2010
Deployment Contributor Sample: LiteScript
In Visual Studio 2010 we have enabled a number of new extensibility points as detailed in my earlier...
Date: 06/15/2010
Goodbye dbp...Hello dbproj!
In Visual Studio 2010, Database Edition or DBPro Projects (.dbproj) have replaced the old Database...
Date: 05/04/2010
Leveraging the Visual Studio 2010 Database Deployment API
I often get questions from developers wanting to modify the deployment engine’s behavior in some...
Date: 05/03/2010
2010 Database Projects at Xerox Services
During the 2010 product cycle I collaborated with Xerox Services frequently as a part of Microsoft’s...
Date: 04/20/2010
New 2010 VSDBCMD Features - Target Model and Override SQLCMD Variables
Targeting a dbschema model file for deployment Since releasing GDR we have had customer's ask for...
Date: 03/17/2010
Release Candidate of Database Projects availble and GDR Power Tools update
Cross Post of : Release Candidate of Database Projects availble and GDR Power Tools update...
Date: 03/01/2010
2010 Beta 2 Database Projects available in downloadable VMs
Been putting off evaluating Visual Studio 2010? New VMs are available to download that includes...
Date: 12/30/2009
Visual Studio Premium and Database Projects
Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 is available! For those of you who are MSDN subscribers you can download...
Date: 10/19/2009
Using local 3-part names in programmability objects
VSTS:DB does not support self-referencing 3 part names. It does support external 3 and 4 part...
Date: 08/26/2009
Installing GDR R2 with different languages side-by-side
The GDR R2 has a limitation that it uses the same product id for all localized versions of the...
Date: 08/19/2009
Overview of composite and partial database projects
A colleague published a new white paper on composite and partial database projects. If you want to...
Date: 08/15/2009
Deploying Composite Projects through a Database Unit Test Run
A customer asked me the other day how they could deploy Composite Projects as a part of a Database...
Date: 07/31/2009
Come visit/revisit The Beer House! (Continuous Integration)
Isn’t it funny how a simple word like Beer can grab your attention? In this post we will look at...
Date: 07/31/2009
Managing data motion during your deployments (Part 2)
This post finishes off a 2 part post. Sorry about the delay getting this second part out. I went on...
Date: 07/02/2009
Maintaining and synchronizing your reference data through the database project
For database application developers working on data driven applications their reference data is as...
Date: 04/01/2009
Right sizing the master.dbschema file for better design time performance
In the March edition of MSDN we provided an overview of Server Projects and how to reference the...
Date: 03/22/2009
GDR doesn't validate what!?
Up to the release of Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR a design database was used...
Date: 03/17/2009
Deployment Failure: "An item with the same key has already been added"
We are receiving reports from customers that they are encountering a deployment failure of their...
Date: 03/05/2009
March MSDN - Introducing new features in the VSTSDB GDR
Jamie Laflen and I wrote an article for this month's issue of MSDN magazine. The article briefly...
Date: 03/02/2009
Offline Schema Development
Continuing with the Best Practices post series, let's take a look at Offline Schema Development to...
Date: 03/01/2009
Deserialization has failed for project...
The Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR introduced a new model based architecture...
Date: 02/23/2009
New Visual Studio Team System Database Team Blog
Developers needing the latest VSTSDB product information should subscribe to the new VSTSDB Team...
Date: 02/23/2009
Deploying your Database Project without VSTSDB installed
The release of Visual Studio Team System Database Edition GDR version includes a very powerful tool...
Date: 02/20/2009
Custom Data Generator available for SQL Server Sparse Columns
A custom Data Generator for SQL Server Sparse Columns is available for the VSTSDB GDR release....
Date: 02/09/2009
Developing Custom T-SQL Static Code Analysis Rules
Earlier this week I presented at an internal conference on the topic of Database Project...
Date: 02/06/2009
Why VSTS:DB Best Practices?
Hi everyone! My name is Barclay Hill and I am a Program Manager on the Visual Studio Team System...
Date: 02/01/2009