Announcing the General Availability (GA) Release of SSDT 17.0 (April 2017)

Ken Van Hyning [MSFT]April 19, 2017Apr 19, 201704/19/17

We are pleased to announce that SQL Server Data Tools 17.0 is officially released and supported for production use. This GA release includes support for SQL Server 2017 and SQL Server on Linux including new features such as Graph DB.

SQL Server Data Tools 17.0 RC, and SSDT in VS2017

Kevin Cunnane [MSFT]March 10, 2017Mar 10, 201703/10/17

It’s been a busy few months for SSDT with multiple Release Candidate releases of the 17.0 major release, and Visual Studio 2017 shipping this week. Here’s a quick update on the latest &

SQL Server Data Tools 16.5 Release

Udeesha GautamOctober 20, 2016Oct 20, 201610/20/16

The SQL Server Data Tools team is pleased to announce an update for SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) is now available. The SSDT 16.5 release adds a number of improvements to the connection experience,

SQL Server Data Tools 16.4 Release

Kevin Cunnane [MSFT]September 20, 2016Sep 20, 201609/20/16

The SQL Server Data Tools team is pleased to announce an update for SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) is now available. The SSDT 16.4 release adds support for Schema Compare in SqlPackage.exe and as an API,

Schema Compare in SqlPackage and the Data-Tier Application Framework (DACFx)

Steven Green [MSFT]September 20, 2016Sep 20, 201609/20/16

In the most recent version of SqlPackage.exe and the Data-Tier Application Framework (DACFx), we have introduced some new functionality: Schema Compare! A couple of years ago we added MSBuild support for Schema Compare. 

SqlPackage.exe: How to get detailed information about supported parameters

Eric S. Kang [MSFT]September 7, 2016Sep 7, 201609/7/16

Recently we have received questions about sqlpackage.exe and its supported parameters. In this blog I will share a simple tip to get the help information about all supported parameters and properties for a specific action from the version of sqlpackage.exe that you use.

Releasing SSDT with Visual Studio “15” Preview 4 and introducing SSDT MSBuild NuGet package

Abbie PetchtesAugust 22, 2016Aug 22, 201608/22/16

Today marks the release of Visual Studio “15” Preview 4. The SQL Server Data Tools team is happy to announce support for the relational database set of SQL tools – SQL Projects,

Part 5. Use your own Build and Deployment Agent

Abbie PetchtesAugust 22, 2016Aug 22, 201608/22/16

This blog is part 5 of Automate Build and Deployment of Azure SQL Database with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment.
Content of Tutorial:
Part 1. Prerequisite for Azure SQL Database Build and Deployment Automation
Part 2.

SQL Server Data Tools 16.3 Release

Eric S. Kang [MSFT]August 15, 2016Aug 15, 201608/15/16

The SQL Server Data Tools team is pleased to announce an update for SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) is now available. The SSDT 16.3 release introduces new Tabular Model Explorer, enhancements for Always Encrypted experience with new key management dialogs and various bug fixes.

SQL Server Data Tools July Update

Kevin Cunnane [MSFT]June 30, 2016Jun 30, 201606/30/16

The SQL Server Data Tools team is pleased to announce an update for SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) is now available. The SSDT update for July 2016 adds bug fixing and enhanced support for SQL Server 2016 features such as Always Encrypted and Temporal Table.