I'm down on SQL Server Management Studio right now. I basically just spent a day trying to swap out the evaluation version of SQL Server 2008 R2 with the Express version, and SSMS just wouldn't ...

SQL Server 2008 R2, which ships this month, allows end users to tap into the powerful business intelligence features of SQL Server via tight integration with popular Microsoft applications like Excel.

Microsoft today released a community technology preview (CTP) of the next service pack for SQL Server 2008. SQL Server 2008 SP2 CTP can be downloaded here and the Express Edition version is available ...

An application that is based on Visual Studio for developing solutions for SSIS, SSAS, or SSRS is called Business Intelligence Development Studio, or BIDS. With SQL Server 2005, it was introduced. It ...

There are some nifty, better-than-SSMS tools that cost nothing to use. One of them is already in your toolbox and you might not know it. I'm down on SQL Server Management Studio right now. I basically ...