Next I wanted to see if you got all these same project types with an install of Visual Studio. They announced at Summit that “SSDT” would now be “included” with Visual Studio. So I went out and downloaded Visual Studio (CTP3, Community Edition, i.e., free) from here. And look what shows up on the install features list, there it is in black and white, Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools, almost too good to be true.
Well, we all know that if something seems too good to be true, then it usually is. This is no exception. Let’s see if you can pick out the reason for my disappointment in the picture below.
It’s one step closer, at least.