Mike team update: ApexSQL Diff and ApexSQL Data Diff

What have you been working on?

We have released maintenance version of ApexSQL Diff 2015 R2 where we fixed 21 bugs and added support for Perforce source control system. We’ve also, just recently, released ApexSQL Diff 2015 R3, with additional fixes and performance improvements of up to 120%

In addition, we have released maintenance version of ApexSQL Data Diff 2015 R2 with a group of fixes.

Currently, we are working on ApexSQL Data Diff R3.

What is the ETA to production?

ApexSQL Data Diff 2015 R2 was released 06/10/2015. See the latest release notes here.

ApexSQL Diff 2015 R2 was released 05/29/2015. See the latest release notes here.

ApexSQL Data Diff 2015 R3 is planned for release in September 2015. See the What’s next page here.

What is included in new releases?

For ApexSQL Diff 2015 R3, we have been working on bug fixes and significant performance improvements of up to 120%.

ApexSQL Data Diff 2015 R3 will also include group fixes and performance fixes.

What is planned in future releases and what are ETAs?

ApexSQL Diff 2016 R1 is planned for release in 2015 Q4:

  • Quality
  • Improved performance
  • SQL Server 2016 support
  • Azure SQL Database V12 full support
  • Mapping table and columns
  • Improvements in print and HTML reports
  • Comparison report in Microsoft Office Excel XML format
  • .NET deployment packages

ApexSQL Data Diff 2016 R1 – ETA 2015 Q4:

  • Quality
  • Improved performance
  • SQL Server 2016 support
  • Azure SQL Database V12 full support
  • Owner mapping
  • .NET deployment packages

We are also working hard on adding support for SSIS packages in ApexSQL Diff and comparing source control projects/data in ApexSQL Data Diff

September 3, 2015