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Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR Installation

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First, download the new Data Dude.

Download page
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=bb3ad767-5f69-4db9-b1c9-8f55759846ed&displaylang=en 
Setup
http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/a/e/0ae1153a-8798-474a-93e6-d19299f37c8b/setup.exe 

Once you get it going the install is pretty easy. Things to watch out for are:

Installation

Uninstall old GDR versions

If you have a previous version of the GDR installed, you will have to uninstall these first. You can do this via Add/Remove Programs or from the command line using:

· msiexec /X {DDF197C6-4507-3A19-A4B5-0E17CC931370}

Prerequisites

Before you start downloading and installing please check if the following pre-requisites are present on your machine!

Installation

You can download the Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR  from the following location:

Luckily I have just received a new install of Vista 64, so I have no previous versions to remove ;)

Once the install if finished you will see that the GDR has replaced the standard Database Edition in visual studio.

Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR Installation    

The “New Project” window will also have additional options and you can see the two new sort of project, “Database” and “Server”.

Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR Installation  

If you pick the “Wizard” you will be presented with a set of options for your project creation. Loads of people have documented what these options mean, so I will just give you a flavor with a wee video…

Please be patient with my videos as I am just getting to grips with this.

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