2. Microsoft Ignite 2015
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SSDT for Visual Studio Bet you can’t tell what your database looked like 6 months ago
Hannah Gray, Development Team Lead, Xero
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3. What is SSDT?

4. SQL Server Data Tools Build, debug, maintain and refactor databases
Declarative SQL
Added functionality for Visual Studio
Version control

5. So, why?

6. Our Code vs Our Databases
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Our Code vs Our Databases
Source control
Deployable
Versioning
Unit Testing
Continuous Integration
Continuous Deployment
No source control
Maintained
Production is the version
What’s that? …
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7. Commit changes to source control
Publish / run directly on server(s)

8. What did my schema look like a month ago?

9. I need to reproduce a bug we introduced last release
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I need to reproduce a bug we introduced last release
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10. Could I have variations of my schema?

11. I’m a highly trained [DBA/developer] and I’m hand crafting ALTER scripts

12. Commit changes to source control
Deploy
Build solution

13. Sound familiar?

14. SQL Server Database Engine
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Reporting Services
Analysis Services
Integration Services
SQL Server Database Engine
Business Intelligence Development Studio
Visual Studio Database Edition for Professionals
SQL Server Data Tools
SQL Server Data Tools – Business Intelligence
SQL Server Data Tools – Database Project
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15. SQL Server Data Tools for Visual Studio
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SQL Server Data Tools for Visual Studio
Visual Studio 2012*+
Integrated
Enterprise
Professional
Community
SQL Server 2005 – 2016*, Azure
Frequently updated
Free
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16. What’s new?

17. Things got better .dbproj .dbschema vsdbcmd.exe Deploy/comparisons
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Things got better
.dbproj
.dbschema
vsdbcmd.exe
Deploy/comparisons
SQL Version-specific projects
.sqlproj
.dacpac
sqlpackage.exe
Numerous new options
Single project type
Better, faster, stronger
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18. Things got cleaner and simpler
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Things got cleaner and simpler
Server and Database projects
SQLCLR in separate project
Enforced folder, file structure
.sqlcmdvars, .sqldeployment
.sqlpermissions
.sqlsettings
One project to rule them all
Do what you want!
*.publish.xml files
Project properties
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19. Things got added
Live Database Debugging
T-SQL Object Editor

20. Let’s take a look Hannah Gray Microsoft Ignite 2015 4/25/2017 11:39 PM
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21. A note on order of operations
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A note on order of operations
Schema Comparison
Script generation
(delta)
Deploy
Execute Pre Deployment
Execute generated script
Execute Post Deployment
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22. You made it!

23. We’ve now got the ingredients…
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We’ve now got the ingredients…
Source control
Who did what when and why
Point-in-time view of schema
Output (.dacpac)
Command line tooling (sqlpackage.exe)
Automation anyone?
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24. We can spice things up with…
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We can spice things up with…
Database Unit Testing
Code Analysis / DacFx
Composite Projects
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25. Commit changes to source control
Deploy
Build solution

26. Continuous Integration
Commit changes to source control
Pull changes from source control
Test
Package the output
Build solution
Continuous Integration
Deploy

27. Demos vs. reality TechEd 2013 4/25/2017 11:39 PM
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28. We use it day in, day out We use SSDT for
Schema
Logins, Users, Roles, Permissions
Reference Data
Linked Servers
SQL Agent Jobs, Schedules
One click deploy gives you a working database
See all changes to any line, any time
Automated deployment to any of our ~60 testing environments

29. Related Ignite NZ Sessions1 4
Advanced SSDT and DACFx – Practical Techniques
Ballroom 1, Thu 4:30pm
The SQL Server Evolution: Overview
New Zealand 3, Wed 9:00pm 2
What’s new in VS2015 and ALM2015
New Zealand 2, Wed 1:55pm and 3:10pm
Find me later at…
Hub Happy Hour Wed 5:30-6:30pm
Hub Happy Hour Thu 5:30-6:30pm
Closing drinks Fri 3:00-4:30pm 3
The Microsoft DevOps Vision
New Zealand 2, Thu 9:00am

30. Resources Microsoft Virtual Academy TechNet & MSDN Flash
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Microsoft Virtual Academy
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TechNet & MSDN Flash
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Sessions on Demand
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