{"id":183492,"date":"2024-04-23T05:19:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T04:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/?p=183492"},"modified":"2024-03-23T21:12:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T20:12:37","slug":"sql-server-data-tools-what-is-it-how-does-it-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/sql-server-data-tools-what-is-it-how-does-it-work","title":{"rendered":"SQL Server Data Tools: What is it? How does it work?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"183492\" class=\"elementor elementor-183492\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29ffff4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"29ffff4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c447f29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c447f29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Microsoft SQL Server is one of the most widely used RDBMSs for businesses, with a wide range of applications including transaction processing, business intelligence and business intelligence. But to make full use of this database management system, companies need a high-performance client tool. That's where SQL Server Data Tools comes in.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48ea6f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48ea6f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>So what is it all about? What features does it have? How do you install it? You&#8217;ll find the answers in this article.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\ud83d\udca1Related articles:<\/p><table dir=\"ltr\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" data-sheets-root=\"1\"><colgroup><col width=\"656\" \/><\/colgroup><tbody><tr><td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;SQL Developer: What is it? What's it for?&quot;}\" data-sheets-hyperlink=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/sql-developer-what-is-it-whats-it-for\"><a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/sql-developer-what-is-it-whats-it-for\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SQL Developer: What is it? 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It allows you to deploy various <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/microsoft-sql-server-everything-you-need-to-know\">SQL server<\/a>-related projects, such as :<\/p><ul><li>SQL Server relational databases ;<\/li><li>SQL Azure databases<\/li><li>Analysis Services data models<\/li><li>Integration Services packages<\/li><li>Reporting Services reports.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d5350a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0d5350a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Whatever type of <strong>SQL Server<\/strong> content you want to deploy, you can use SSDT. It&#8217;s as easy as developing an application in Visual Studio.<\/p><p><strong>Good to know:<\/strong> SQL Server Data Tools was originally presented as a standalone tool. You only needed to install a few features from Microsoft Visual Studio.<\/p><p>And since the launch of Visual Studio 2019, SSDT has been fully integrated into the <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/unpacking-the-power-of-integrated-development-environments-ides\">Visual Studio IDE<\/a>, as it is an extension of this tool. This integration of SSDT into the Visual Studio environment means that you can design databases without having to switch from Visual Studio to other tools. This saves developers a considerable amount of time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86271b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"86271b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/SQL-Server-Data-Tools1.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6cf92b elementor-align-center button-principale elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d6cf92b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/data-courses\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Learn all about SSDT<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-085a51e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"085a51e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6aa113 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b6aa113\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Learn all about SSDT<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e169af4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e169af4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Developing a database is often a real challenge for developers. <strong>SQL Server Data Tools<\/strong> simplifies this process by introducing an omnipresent declarative model. This covers all stages of database design in Visual Studio, from schema to performance optimisation, including relational architecture and the use of <strong>Transact-SQL.<\/strong><\/p><p>To achieve this, <strong>SSDT<\/strong> merges several development functionalities into a single integrated programming environment, including :<\/p><ul><li><strong>Declarative database design based on the schema:<\/strong> the schema is version-controlled. This means you can design and manage multiple versions of the database. You can also create scripts to automatically deploy new versions.<\/li><li><strong>Reverse engineering of databases<\/strong>: you can either create a new database from scratch, or import an existing database or schema to make your own changes.<\/li><li><strong>Schema and data comparison:<\/strong> by comparing the schemas of two databases (including test and production), you can see any discrepancies.<\/li><li><strong>Generate XML reports:<\/strong> these reports contain all the information relating to the database schema, along with the changes that will be deployed when a publication is run.<\/li><li><strong>Code refactoring:<\/strong> refactoring comes with a restricted range of SQL refactoring options.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30b432c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"30b432c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/SQL-Server-Data-Tools2.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ced5963 elementor-align-center button-principale elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ced5963\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/data-courses\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Training in SQL language<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96e62c2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"96e62c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2ba330 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a2ba330\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How do I install SSDT?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4189c2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4189c2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>First of all, you need to install Visual Studio. Then you need to modify the workloads to install <strong>SQL Server Data Tools<\/strong>. Here&#8217;s how to do it:<\/p><ul><li>Launch the Visual Studio program.<\/li><li>In parallel, click on the Windows &#8220;Start&#8221; button and search for &#8220;installation program&#8221;.<\/li><li>Select the edition of Visual Studio to which you wish to add SQL Server Data Tools (Analysis Services, Integration Services or Reporting Services);<\/li><li>Click on &#8220;Edit&#8221;;<\/li><li>Select SQL Server Data Tools from the list of workloads.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c252ae4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c252ae4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Good to know:<\/strong> this applies to Visual Studio 2022 and 2019<\/p><p>Once SSDT has been installed, you will be able to design and deploy SQL Server projects via Solution Explorer. This will enable you to generate a database that includes all the Visual Studio features. For example, code navigation, validation, debugging, etc.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-526b05e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"526b05e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6fc32c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a6fc32c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Use SQL Server Data Tools with DataScientest<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8e2378 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8e2378\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Would you like to learn how to use SQL Server Tools? 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