The SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) are modern development tools for building SQL Server relational databases, Azure SQL databases, bases in Azure SQL, Analysis Services (AS) data models, Integration ...

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An application that is based on Visual Studio for developing solutions for SSIS, SSAS, or SSRS is called Business Intelligence Development Studio, or BIDS. With SQL Server 2005, it was introduced. It ...

PolyBase, a data virtualization feature for SQL Server, allows users to seamlessly query data from various external sources directly using T-SQL (Transact-SQL) without the need for separate client ...

Microsoft unveiled .NET Aspire at the Build 2024 developer conference, describing it as an opinionated, cloud-ready stack for building observable, production ready, distributed, cloud-native ...