Working with SSDT

Our introduction to the SSDT toolset is complete, and it’s now time to see it in action. The rest of this chapter presents a sample scenario that demonstrates, step-by-step, how to use many of the SSDT features that you’ve just learned about. Practicing along with this example will solidify your knowledge and understanding of the tool, and prepare you for using SSDT in the real world with real database projects.

Important

SSDT does not get installed with either Visual Studio or SQL Server. Instead, SSDT ships separately via the Web Platform Installer (WebPI). This enables Microsoft to distribute timely SSDT updates out-of-band with (that is, without waiting for major releases of) Visual Studio or SQL Server. Before proceeding, ...

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