Publish-DacPac allows you to deploy a SQL Server Database DACPAC to a SQL Server instance using a DAC Publish Profile. SSDT (SQL Server Data Tools) is Microsoft's tool to design (declare) the entire ...

With Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, Microsoft begins to fully realize its vision of SQL Server as an information platform and not "just" a database. Hence the main theme for this release -- at least ...

New BI and reporting features in SQL Server 2008 R2 hit the mark, but other additions leave SQL Server shops wanting more With Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, Microsoft begins to fully realize its ...

Microsoft announced today that SQL Server 2008 R2 is released to manufacturing just 20 months after SQL Server 2008, the platform on which it is built. SQL Server 2008 R2 (codenamed Kilimanjaro) ...

Get acquainted with the SQL Server Utility, which you can use to monitor instances of SQL Server. See how to view the dashboard and reduce reporting noise. Connect to a SQL Server Utility Describes ...

Well, in version R2, the tool offers a new way of looking at managing your server databases. Here's what you'll drool over. I've mentioned the SQL Server Utility briefly in past posts, but I want to ...