Microsoft finally made the release of SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005 official with its highly anticipated launch event in San Francisco. The Redmond giant immediately followed the launch with ...

SQL development is evolving fast, and Microsoft.Build.Sql is leading the charge. This next-generation SDK brings flexible project structures, better source control integration, automated build-time ...

Azure Data Studio is retired as of February 28, 2026 and no longer receives updates or security fixes. Migrate to Visual Studio Code with the MSSQL extension for continued support. Your existing ...

The mssql extension for Visual Studio Code, used to support SQL Server connections and T-SQL editing, has been updated with IntelliCode functionality and a new Object Explorer, among other new ...

Download the correct bootstrapper for the version of SSMS you want, and copy it into the folder you want to use as the source location for your local layout. The bootstrapper is the executable you use ...

I have a 2014 15” MacBook Pro that I’m looking to replace sooner or later with an equivalent M1 MacBook Pro (most likely the 14”). However, one big holdup is that for my day job, I run Visual Studio ...

Microsoft this week posted new test versions of SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 and the .NET Framework 2.0. Visual Studio and .NET came out in Beta 2 versions. Tightly coupled with those public ...

PySpark development is now fully supported in Visual Studio Code. Through an extension built for the aforementioned purpose, users can run Spark jobs with SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters. Last week, ...

A T-SQL formatter for SQL Server Management Studio, Visual Studio and VS Code, with an opinionated house style. It also cleans up joins, keywords, aliases and brackets, adds and updates a standard ...