Download SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) for Visual Studio

Applies to: SQL Server Azure SQL Database Azure Synapse Analytics

SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) is a set of development tooling for building SQL Server databases, Azure SQL databases, Analysis Services (AS) data models, Integration Services (IS) packages, and Reporting Services (RS) reports. With SSDT, you can design and deploy SQL objects with the same project concept as other application development tools. The SQL projects capability extends to CI/CD pipelines, enabling you to automate the build and deployment of your database projects with the SqlPackage CLI.

The release notes for SSDT and its components are available for Visual Studio 2017, 2019, and 2022. An overview of the core SSDT functionality is provided in the SSDT Overview.

SSDT for Visual Studio 2022

Install SSDT with Visual Studio 2022

If Visual Studio 2022 is already installed, you can edit the list of workloads to include SSDT. If you don't have Visual Studio 2022 installed, then you can download and install Visual Studio 2022.

To modify the installed Visual Studio workloads to include SSDT, use the Visual Studio Installer.

1. Launch the Visual Studio Installer. In the Windows Start menu, you can search for "installer".

2. In the installer, select for the edition of Visual Studio that you want to add SSDT to, and then choose Modify.

3. Select SQL Server Data Tools under Data storage and processing in the list of workloads.

   

For Analysis Services, Integration Services, or Reporting Services projects, you can install the appropriate extensions from within Visual Studio with Extensions > Manage Extensions or from the Marketplace.

• Analysis Services
• Integration Services
• Reporting Services

Supported SQL versions in Visual Studio 2022

License terms for Visual Studio

To understand the license terms and use cases for Visual Studio, refer to Visual Studio License Directory. For example, if you are using the Community Edition of Visual Studio for SQL Server Data Tools, review the EULA for that specific edition of Visual Studio in the Visual Studio License Directory.

SSDT for Visual Studio 2019

Install SSDT with Visual Studio 2019

If Visual Studio 2019 is already installed, you can edit the list of workloads to include SSDT. If you don't have Visual Studio 2019 installed, then you can download and install Visual Studio 2019 Community.

To modify the installed Visual Studio workloads to include SSDT, use the Visual Studio Installer.

1. Launch the Visual Studio Installer. In the Windows Start menu, you can search for "installer".

2. In the installer, select for the edition of Visual Studio that you want to add SSDT to, and then choose Modify.

3. Select SQL Server Data Tools under Data storage and processing in the list of workloads.

   

For Analysis Services, Integration Services, or Reporting Services projects, you can install the appropriate extensions from within Visual Studio with Extensions > Manage Extensions or from the Marketplace.

• Analysis Services
• Integration Services
• Reporting Services

Supported SQL versions in Visual Studio 2019

Offline installation

For scenarios where offline installation is required, such as low bandwidth or isolated networks, SSDT is available for offline installation. Two approaches are available:

• For a single machine, Download All, then install
• For installation on one or more machines, use the Visual Studio bootstrapper from the command line

For more details you can follow the Step-by-Step Guidelines for Offline Installation

Previous versions

To download and install SSDT for Visual Studio 2017, or an older version of SSDT, see Previous releases of SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT and SSDT-BI).

See also

• SSDT MSDN Forum

• SSDT Team Blog

• DACFx API Reference

• Download SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

Next steps

After installation of SSDT, work through these tutorials to learn how to create databases, packages, data models, and reports using SSDT.

• Project-Oriented Offline Database Development

• SSIS Tutorial: Create a Simple ETL Package

• Analysis Services tutorials

• Create a Basic Table Report (SSRS Tutorial)

Get help

• Ideas for SQL: Have suggestions for improving SQL Server?
• Microsoft Q & A (SQL Server)
• DBA Stack Exchange (tag sql-server): Ask SQL Server questions
• Stack Overflow (tag sql-server): Answers to SQL development questions
• Reddit: General discussion about SQL Server
• Microsoft SQL Server License Terms and Information
• Support options for business users
• Contact Microsoft
• Additional SQL Server help and feedback

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