VSTS for Database Professionals Videos

Enjoy a couple of videos that was just released on MSDN for VSTS for DB Pros

Take a first look and hope the flow will continue ...

Importing a Database Schema and Adding it to Team Foundation Server Source Code Control
Creating a Test Project and a Database Unit Test

DataDude CTP3 Now available

DataDude (Visual Studio Team Editon for Database Professionals) CTP3 is now available for downloading from here

It can be installed on top of Visual Studio Pro or higher.

Enjoy !!!

VS Team Edition for Database Professionals: DB Rename Refactoring

Database Rename Refactoring is a method of performing cascading updates to database schema.

This allows you to make a change to the name of any object in the database schema (i.e. a Table, Column, Stored Procedure etc) and have that change made everywhere that object is referenced in the database schema, without the need to look for the affected parts of your entire DB schema.

The Sidekicks ...

Attrice has developed 2 applications for managing TF Version Control Workspaces and MSBuild ...

MSBuild Sidekick
MSBuild Sidekick is a GUI application for creating and editing build project files for Microsoft Build engine. The application provides full-fledged graphic user interface as alternative to editing build project files by hand. The full range of MSBuild schema elements is supported.

TF Server Version Control Sidekicks
Team Foundation Version Control Sidekicks is a suite of tools for Team Foundation Server administrators allowing automation of administration tasks.

In addition to currently available Sidekicks they plan to release the tools to deal with shelvesets management and branch history.

Workspace Sidekick
Workspace Sidekick is a tool for TFS Administrators and advanced users providing Graphic User Interface for viewing and performing administrative changes on TFS workspaces.

Status Sidekick
Status Sidekick is a tool for TFS Administrators and advanced users providing Graphic User Interface for viewing pending changes by different users and in different TFS projects and for performing TFS version control operations (such as Unlock or Undo) on selected changes.

First Look @ Visual Studio Team System for Database Professionals

Bringing the database professionals into the core development process is the next step in creating a collaborative, high impact set of development tools. Managing change in the database has always been a challenge and VSTS-DP brings a new set of tools to help with the tasks at hand. Spend thirty minutes and learn about the features for this new product and how it will help you and your teams be more successful.

You can take a first look at VSTS for Database Professionals on Friday, June 16, 2006
2:00 PM Central Time (US & Canada) by registering in this Webcast

Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals Announced

Microsoft announces Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals, a market-shifting database development product designed to manage database change, improve software quality through database testing and bring the benefits of Visual Studio Team System and life cycle development to the database professional.

You can check it all out on MSDN