VSTS
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That’s a mouthful. Back in November of 2008 Microsoft shipped the GDR (General Distribution Release) for the Database Edition of VSTS. This update changed the way the database is modelled internally and removed the need to have SQL Server installed locally. You can check out a review of my experience with this release here. The scope of the changes required at that time was such that we decided against updating. I had estimated approximately one full day to implement the changes to our stored procedures ......
Here are some notes about my experience when testing an upgrade to the general distribution release of the Database Edition. I installed the latest version of the VSTS Database Edition (GDR) on my laptop and loaded up a copy of the a database project. Everything converts pretty much ok with the only issue being unresolved cross-database references. DBPro is now model-based and as such does not require SQL Server to be installed locally. This also allows them to have project references to other databases ......