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SQL Server Data Tools – Business Intelligence for Visual Studio 2012 Released!

March 8, 2013 by kevin 3 Comments

SSDTBI for Visual Studio 2012 enables customers to use the Analysis Services, Integration Services, and Reporting Services project templates within the Visual Studio 2012 shell. Read more to get the download details.

Filed Under: Cool Technologies, Databases, SQLMag, SQLServerPedia Syndication, Tool Time Tagged With: Business Intelligence, Tools

New Toad for SQL Server Beta

May 21, 2012 by kevin Leave a Comment

Looking for the newest, free beta of Toad for SQL Server? Here it is!

Filed Under: Cloud, Databases, NoSQL, On-Line Resources, SQL Server, TCD blog post Tagged With: DBA, Developer, Quest Software, Toad, Tools

New on SQLMag Tool Time Blog – Update to FineBuild

January 9, 2012 by kevin Leave a Comment

Read about the latest update to FineBuild for SQL Server, a tool with speeds installation and configuration of SQL Server and associated utilities and programs.

Filed Under: Administration, SQL Server, SQLMag, SQLServerPedia Syndication, Tips & Tricks, Tool Time Tagged With: CodePlex, DBA, SQLMag, Tools, Tools & Scripts

Microsoft Document Watch for Operational Excellence

August 8, 2011 by kevin Leave a Comment

Four new and useful resources for managing your It organization from Microsoft.

Filed Under: Administration, Architecture, Compliance, Cool Technologies, Hardware, On-Line Resources, Security, SQL Server, SQLMag, SQLServerPedia Syndication, Strategies, TCD blog post, Tips & Tricks, Virtualization Tagged With: Architecture, Best Practices, Compliance, DBA, Enterprise Architecture, Management, Operations, Performance, Security, SQL Server 2008 R2, Tools, Troubleshooting

Microsoft Windows Platforms Blog Watch

July 20, 2011 by rachel Leave a Comment

Links to great Microsoft blogs and tool resources for networking, performance, and the Windows platform.

Filed Under: Administration, Cloud, Cool Technologies, Databases, On-Line Resources, Performance, SQL Server, SQLMag, SQLServerPedia Syndication, TCD blog post, Tips & Tricks, Tool Time Tagged With: Best Practices, cloud computing, DBA, Debugging, Developer, Performance, SQL Server 2008 R2, Tools, Troubleshooting, Virtualization, Windows

Is There Such a Thing as Easy ETL?

June 30, 2011 by kevin 1 Comment

As soon as your data loading process involves some difficult or sophisticated cleansing or transformations, it gets really, really hard. I’ve found a cool, free tool – expressor studio – that shields your data integration application, with its associated business and transformation rules, from changes that might occur to underlying target or source files.