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January 12, 2016 at 4:59 am

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Hi Could you please let me know the stable version of Visual Studio downloadable available for SQL Server 2014 ? thanks

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Lowell SSC Guru Points: 323518 More actions · Answer 1

there are two specific, separate free downloads called SQL Server Data Tools(SSDT /SSDT-BI) that are related to SQL server 2014, so that you can do Data related projects or Business intelligence related projects.

there's also a few flavors, VS2012 and VS2013, as well as the new stuff for SQL2016

the downloads will either create or enhance Visual Studio so that you can work on those kinds of projects.

Download SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT or SSDT-BI)

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Phil Parkin SSC Guru Points: 246965 More actions · Answer 2

And if you are trying to choose between VS2012 and VS2013, I'd recommend VS 2013: it's newer and (IMO) better.

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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398890 More actions · Answer 3

And Visual Studio, both versions mentioned, has been quite stable.

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Eric M Russell SSC Guru Points: 125561 More actions · Answer 4

In recent years, the underlying tools (BIDS, SSDT, VS, etc.) provided by Microsoft to support BI development are more stable than Microsoft's overall BI development game plan. Standing alone, they all work great, but it's difficult to know which version is the latest and best version to use, and in a medium or large sized IT department, it near impossible to keep all the developers on the same version.

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johnwalker10 SSCrazy Eights Points: 9124 More actions · Answer 5

Both are stable but Visual Studio 2013 has many features like ASP.NET, IDE, MSBuild, LightSwitch, Code lense, Browser link