In the latest SQL Shack articles, we wrote about loading data into SQL Server from SharePoint, Slipstreaming SQL Server 2012 and 2014, and Reporting Services:
November 19, 2014ApexSQL Source Control 2015 released
Raleigh – November 3, 2014 – ApexSQL, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and major provider of Microsoft SQL Server solutions, today announced the release of ApexSQL Source Control 2015. The new version includes full support for dedicated database development model, GIT, Mercurial and Visual Studio Online support, usability and quality improvements.
November 7, 2014ApexSQL Source Control 2015 – Product update alert
ApexSQL Source Control 2015 has been released.
Type: New version
About ApexSQL Source Control: ApexSQL Source Control is a SQL Server Management Studio add-in, which allows you to version control SQL databases and objects directly inside SSMS. It integrates with all major source control systems and provides you with all object versioning features, without the need for an additional source control client
November 3, 2014Knowledgebase round – up November 3rd – Uninstalling server side components and using dedicated database model with source control
How to manually uninstall ApexSQL Log and ApexSQL Recover server side components when server side components need to be uninstalled from a passive cluster node or when ApexSQL the (un)installer cannot be utilized.
November 3, 2014SQL Shack round – up – November 3rd, 2014 – Backup testing with PowerShell, unit testing with SSDT, database snapshots, data cleaning, and index strategies
In the latest SQL Shack articles, we wrote about backup testing with PowerShell, unit testing, database snapshots, index strategies, and data cleaning:
November 3, 2014What’s next in ApexSQL Source Control
What’s coming up?
ApexSQL Source Control is a tool for managing Source control in SQL Server as an add-in in SSMS. The source control engine we used is shared across other products e.g. ApexSQL Diff, ApexSQL Script, ApexSQL Build so that these tools can treat source control projects as data sources and compare to a database, synchronize with a production database, build a database from a source control project etc.
November 3, 2014ApexSQL Diff 2014 R3 – Product update alert
ApexSQL Diff 2014 R3 has been released.
Type: Maintenance release
About ApexSQL Diff: ApexSQL Diff is a SQL Server and Windows Azure SQL database comparison and synchronization tool which detects differences between database objects and resolves them without errors. It compares and synchronizes live databases, native or natively compressed database backups, database snapshots, scripts in source control and script folders and generates comprehensive reports on the detected differences.
October 31, 2014ApexSQL Monitor 2014 R3 – Product update alert
ApexSQL Monitor 2014 R3 has been released.
Type: Major feature, medium fix release
About ApexSQL Monitor: ApexSQL Monitor is a Windows and SQL Server monitoring tool with a wide range of monitored metrics. It tracks Windows, SQL Server instance, and database metrics on multiple local and remote machines and SQL Server instances. It monitors the most important SQL Server statistics, memory, buffer, and page metrics – batch requests per second, user connections, target and total server memory, buffer cache hit ratio, batch requests, page life expectancy, page reads and writes per second, and more. Monitoring these metrics enables you to identify and troubleshoot performance problems, establish trends, and set baselines.
October 31, 2014ApexSQL Doc 2014 R3 – Product update alert
ApexSQL Doc 2014 R3 has been released.
Type: Maintenance release
About ApexSQL Doc: ApexSQL Doc is a documenting tool for SQL Server instances, databases, objects and SQL Server Integration Services packages. It generates comprehensive documentation in a number of formats including CHM, HTML, Microsoft Word’s DOC and DOCX, and PDF. It can automate and schedule the documentation process.
October 31, 2014ApexSQL Refactor 2014 R3 – Product update alert
ApexSQL Refactor 2014 R3 has been released.
Type: Maintenance release
About ApexSQL Refactor: ApexSQL Refactor is a SQL Server Management Studio and Visual Studio SQL formatting and refactoring add-in with nearly 200 formatting and refactoring options such as table partitioning, renaming SQL objects, expanding wildcards and more.
October 31, 2014