Data Tier Applications in Visual Studio 2010 :: Sessions :: Microsoft PDC10

Come explore the new enhancements in SQL Server 2008 R2, known as Application and Multi-Server Management, which enable a more efficient way to develop, deploy, and manage data-tier applications and instances. See how a new single unit of deployment for database applications is integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and helps enable developers to more quickly write higher quality database applications, author deployment policies based on the needs of their applications, and hand off a single package to database administrators. Also learn how improvements combine a first-class Transact-SQL IDE with a new Visual Studio 2010 project template known as .DACPAC (Database Application Component) to produce a comprehensive model of the objects, policies and runtime resources required by a data-tier application.