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#Sql server 2016 developer download without an account install#
You can see the SQL Server Installation Center’s installation option for SQL Server Data Tools in Figure 1.įigure 1 – Downloading SQL server Data Tools from the SQL Server Installation CenterĬlicking the Install SQL Server Data Tools link opens a browser window and takes you to the Download SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) dialog that you can see in Figure 2. You can download SSDT directly from Download SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) or you can also download it using the Install SQL Server Data Tools link on the SQL Server 2016 Installation Center. Getting the new SSDT is now more straightforward than in earlier releases as well. SSDT 2016 can run on the following operating systems:
#Sql server 2016 developer download without an account windows#
Supported SQL Server and Windows Versions With the SQL Server 2016 release the former Data Dude capabilities have been incorporated into the main Visual Studio family and the BIDS feature set is now the new SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT). The Data Dude project became known as just SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) and it was used for data and schema compare as well as versioning and other database development. The BIDS project became known as SQL Server Data Tools-BI (SSDT-BI) and it was used to develop Analysis Services projects, Integration Services packages and Reporting Services reports – all vital to SQL Server BI subsystems.

In spite of sharing the same moniker, each of these tools had very different purposes. The other was the descendant of a project called Data Dude.

One of them was the descendant of the Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) which was last officially part of the SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2 release. In the past, SQL Server Data Tools was the name of two separate and quite different products. In a long overdue move Microsoft has drastically changed the installation process for SQL Server Data Tools with the SQL Server 2016 release.
