Microsoft's SQL Server toolbox is a complicated ecosystem, and differentiating one tool from another is a challenge. Vicky Harp, lead program manager of the SQL Server tools team, clarifies ...

For example, SQL Source Control lets you associate database tasks with Microsoft’s Team Foundation Server “work items”.

This article introduces the SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) feature of Visual Studio 2013. This feature is used to manage databases using a source code first methodology. Generally speaking, all ...

Some of the best open source SQL Clients for Database Management are Sqlectron, SQuirrel SQL client, SQL Chat, OmniDB, HeidiSQL,Falcon, etc.

Availability The latest versions of dbForge SQL Tools, including dbForge SQL Complete and dbForge Studio for SQL Server 7.1, are now available for download.

Lenni Lobel offered a walk through of the SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) built into Visual Studio 2012 and available for free download for users of Visual Studio 2010.

An open source project gives DBAs the ability to channel PowerShell for automating and scaling complex SQL Server tasks, starting with the most basic: database backups.

To enable organizations to get the most value out of any database, anywhere, Redgate SQL Monitor now offers support for SQL Server on Linux.

Availability The latest versions of dbForge SQL Tools, including dbForge SQL Complete and dbForge Studio for SQL Server 7.1, are now available for download.

When SQL Server 2012 comes out, so, too, will SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT), code name "Juneau," which will provide full-fidelity database design and development experience that can work offline or on ...