SQL Server 2005, now available as a "community technology preview," is an odd beast. For those who believe their databases should be little more than simple data access routines with business ...

Microsoft's SQL Server toolbox is a complicated ecosystem, ... DacFX [Data-Tier Application Framework], SQL PowerShell, SSDT [SQL Server Data Tools], mssql-cli [a command-line tool], SSMS ...

"We've also enhanced SQL Server Object Explorer by surfacing the default LocalDB instance and enabling the deletion of LocalDB instances." Other improvements include an updated Data-Tier Application ...

Developers with Visual Studio 2010 can package data-tier application components, including tables, views and stored procedures, as a single unit of ... SQL Server 2008 R2 Set to Analyze Mountains of ...

Microsoft describes the SQL Server Utility in greater detail here. Next, the service pack adds support in SQL Server Management Studio for data-tier application (DAC) operations.

BANGALORE, INDIA: A data-tier application contains the database and instance objects, like stored procedures, tables, views, logins, etc. and resides in the data tier. SQL Server developers today ...

First, the team tweaked the SQL Server 2008 R2 Utility, which provides an overall view of system resources by modeling entities. Microsoft describes the SQL Server Utility in greater detail here. Next ...

Also included in the latest release is preview support for the Data-Tier Application Wizard used in SQL Server Management Studio, wrote Yu. The wizard support was among the top 10 most requested ...

"We've also enhanced SQL Server Object Explorer by surfacing the default LocalDB instance and enabling the deletion of LocalDB instances." Other improvements include an updated Data-Tier Application ...