Exploring SQL Server Data Tools in Visual Studio 2013

The new release of the SQL Server Data Tools to support SQL Server 2014 enables you to support both database and business intelligence projects. From the BI standpoint, this will provide you with a tool to manage SSAS and SSRS project for SQL Server versions 2014 and lower and SSIS for SQL 2014 only. When looking at databases, the full integration with the Visual Studio SKUs allows you to provide end-to-end support for building and managing Windows Azure SQL Databases and SQL Server databases. In this lab, you will run and explore this tool.