SSDT SQL Server 2014 Update

Microsoft has announced that a new version of SSDT for Visual Studio 2012 is now available for download and that an update for Visual Studio 2013 will be released through the update tools built into VS 2013. This new version adds support for SQL Server 2014, which will be available next Tuesday (April 1st). Along with support for SQL Server 2014 there are some new features in SSDT, including:

• Filtering Data when using View Data - filter the rows shown and even hide columns along with applying aliases to columns and sorting the data by columns
• Azure Integration - Add and connect to Azure databases without needing to setup firewall rules or other complicated network setup
• Change T-SQL Query Connections - Change the database that the query window is current attached to so that you can execute the same query against another database without having to disconnect and connect

There are few other new features that I have not mentioned, make to check out the SQL Server Data Tools Team blog for more details!

This release is for the data tools portion of SSDT only, SSDT-BI for SSAS, SSIS and SSRS development will be released separately at a later date.