SQL Server Data Tools Team Blog
Official team blog for SSDT, a tool for on- and off-premises database development
Announcing the General Availability (GA) Release of SSDT 17.0 (April 2017)
We are pleased to announce that SQL Server Data Tools 17.0 is officially released and supported for...
Date: 04/19/2017
SQL Server Data Tools 17.0 RC, and SSDT in VS2017
It's been a busy few months for SSDT with multiple Release Candidate releases of the 17.0 major...
Date: 03/10/2017
SQL Server Data Tools 16.5 Release
The SQL Server Data Tools team is pleased to announce an update for SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) is...
Date: 10/20/2016
Schema Compare in SqlPackage and the Data-Tier Application Framework (DACFx)
In the most recent version of SqlPackage.exe and the Data-Tier Application Framework (DACFx), we...
Date: 09/20/2016
SqlPackage.exe: How to get detailed information about supported parameters
Recently we have received questions about sqlpackage.exe and its supported parameters. In this blog...
Date: 09/07/2016
Releasing SSDT with Visual Studio “15” Preview 4 and introducing SSDT MSBuild NuGet package
Today marks the release of Visual Studio “15” Preview 4. The SQL Server Data Tools team is happy to...
Date: 08/22/2016
Part 5. Use your own Build and Deployment Agent
This blog is part 5 of Automate Build and Deployment of Azure SQL Database with Continuous...
Date: 08/22/2016
SQL Server Data Tools 16.3 Release
The SQL Server Data Tools team is pleased to announce an update for SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) is...
Date: 08/15/2016
SQL Server Data Tools July Update
The SQL Server Data Tools team is pleased to announce an update for SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) is...
Date: 06/30/2016
Changes to SSDT and SqlPackage.exe installation and updates
A major benefit of the new SQL Server is that you don't need to wait years to get new features....
Date: 06/30/2016
SQL Server Data Tools GA update for June 2016
The SQL Server Data Tools team is pleased to announce an update for SSDT General Availability (GA)...
Date: 06/01/2016
Automate Build and Deployment of Azure SQL Database with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment
One of key benefits of developing database with SSDT is you can easily integrate Application...
Date: 04/06/2016
Part 1. Prerequisite for Azure SQL Database Build and Deployment Automation
This blog is part 1 of Automate Build and Deployment of Azure SQL Database with Continuous...
Date: 04/06/2016
Part 2. Automate Building Azure SQL Database with Continuous Integration
This blog is part 2 of Automate Build and Deployment of Azure SQL Database with Continuous...
Date: 04/06/2016
Part 3. Create Nuget package for Azure SQL Database
This blog is part 3 of Automate Build and Deployment of Azure SQL Database with Continuous...
Date: 04/06/2016
Part 4. Orchestrate Azure SQL Database Release with Continuous Deployment
This blog is part 4 of Automate Build and Deployment of Azure SQL Database with Continuous...
Date: 04/06/2016
Special update: SSDT Preview Update with SQL Server 2016 RC2 support
Update: Now that SSDT is GA, please go to the main SSDT download page to get SSDT. The post below...
Date: 04/05/2016
SQL Server Data Tools Preview update for Feb 2016
The SQL Server Data Tools team is pleased to announce an update for SSDT Preview is now available....
Date: 03/07/2016
SQL Server Data Tools Preview update for January 2016
The SQL Server Data Tools team is pleased to announce an update for SSDT Preview is now available....
Date: 02/04/2016
SQL Server Data Tools Preview update for December 2015
The SQL Server Data Tools team is pleased to announce an update for SSDT Preview is now available....
Date: 12/16/2015
SQL Server Data Tools Preview update for November 2015
The SQL Server Data Tools team is pleased to announce an update for SSDT Preview is now available....
Date: 12/01/2015
SQL Server Data Tools Preview update for October 2015
The SQL Server Data tools team is pleased to announce an update for SSDT Preview is now available....
Date: 10/26/2015
SQL Server Data Tools Preview update for September 2015
Today we announce the latest preview of SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT). The September preview update...
Date: 09/30/2015
SQL Server Data Tools Preview update for August 2015
The SQL Server Data Tools team is pleased to announce an update for SSDT Preview is now available....
Date: 09/01/2015
SQL Server Data Tools RTM update for July 2015
The SQL Server Data Tools team is pleased to announce an update for SSDT RTM is now available....
Date: 06/29/2015
SSDT June 2015 Preview
Today we announce the latest preview of SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT). It is the first release from...
Date: 06/24/2015
SQL Server Data Tools Update for May 2015
The SQL Server Data Tools team is pleased to announce an update for SSDT is now available. This...
Date: 05/18/2015
Presentation: Best Practices for multi-environment database development
A few months ago our team presented at the SQLBits XIV conference. The topic was Best Practices for...
Date: 05/05/2015
Data-Tier Application Framework Update for May 2015
The SQL Server Data Tools team is pleased to announce an update for the Data-tier Application...
Date: 04/29/2015
DacSamples Moves from CodePlex to GitHub
The DacSamples project is moving from CodePlex to GitHub under the new name...
Date: 03/19/2015
SQL Server Data Tools and Data-Tier Application Framework Update for February 2015
The SQL Server Data Tools team is pleased to announce an update for SQL Server Data Tools in Visual...
Date: 03/02/2015
New Advanced Publish Options to Specify Object Types to Exclude or Not Drop
Our team has been hard at work these past few months, and we're thrilled to announce that the most...
Date: 02/23/2015
SQL Server Database Tooling Preview Release for the latest Azure SQL Database Update V12 (preview)
We are excited to announce the release of the Preview of Microsoft® SQL Server Database Tooling in...
Date: 12/18/2014
SQL Server database tooling November update
We’d like to announce the availability of the latest November 2014 release of SQL Server...
Date: 11/13/2014
Presentation on Visual Studio Database Projects Integration with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server
This post contains the slide deck from a recent presentation on how to integrate Visual Studio...
Date: 08/04/2014
SQL Server Database Projects and Team Foundation Build
This post provides walkthroughs that discuss the use of SQL Server Database Projects (.sqlproj...
Date: 07/24/2014
Creating an administrative install of SSDT update for Visual Studio 2013
Since we are offering our VS2013 update via the Visual Studio update channel, there aren't any...
Date: 07/23/2014
MSBuild support for Schema Compare is available
Schema compare is one of the most important Visual Studio SQL Server tooling components. As of our...
Date: 07/15/2014
SQL Server Data Tools July Update
We’d like to announce the availability of the latest July 2014 release of SSDT. This update is...
Date: 07/14/2014
Developing Enterprise SQL Server Features in Visual Studio database tooling
SQL Server 2014 introduced a number of new enterprise features. The most notable of these are memory...
Date: 03/30/2014
SQL Server Data Tools for SQL Server 2014 is available
We’d like to announce the availability of the latest March 2014 release of SSDT with support...
Date: 03/25/2014
SSDT and Visual Studio versions
Hello all, there have been some questions around our support for various Visual Studio versions and...
Date: 01/30/2014
Updated SQL Server Data Tools January 2014
The SSDT January 2014 release has been updated to support both SQL Server 2012 Parallel Data...
Date: 01/27/2014
DacFx Public Model Tutorial
Recently there has been an increasing interest in extending the capabilities of SSDT and DacFx. The...
Date: 12/23/2013
SQL Server Data Tools for SQL Server 2014 CTP2 is available
We’d like to announce the availability of SSDT that supports SQL Server 2014 databases. SQL...
Date: 10/25/2013
Updated SQL Server Data Tools October 2013
The October 2013 release contains an updated installer that does not fail due to certificate...
Date: 10/10/2013
Known issue: SSDT install fails validating certificates
We are aware of a new issue today where installing SSDT will fail with the following message "A...
Date: 10/08/2013
Updated Sql Server Data Tools for September 2013
The September 2013 release has a targeted fix for the Schema Compare error when working with large...
Date: 09/17/2013