Microsoft's SQL Server toolbox is a morass of acronyms, from SMO to SSMS to SOS, and differentiating one from the other can be a challenge. I recently caught up with Vicky Harp, lead program manager ...

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As SQL development increasingly becomes part of full-stack workflows, developers are looking for ways to simplify their tooling without compromising capability. While SQL Server Management Studio ...

A small social media poll from Visual Studio guru Mads Kristensen split respondents over whether the IDE should add more database tooling, while the discussion quickly turned to existing SQL project ...

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SQL Server 2008 has a ton of new DBA features, but if you really want to make this thing go, just crank out a little code. SQL Server 2008 is mostly in the domain of system and database administrators ...