update a target database schema so that all of theĭatabase objects are the same as defined in the project. You can also synchronizeĪ database to the project i.e. You can use the project's Publish capability to create a SQL Serverĭatabase and populate it with the objects defined in the project. tables, views, stored procedures, etc.) in your database in a Visual The SQL Server Database project allows you to store the T-SQL scripts for the I will assume that you already have the SQL Serverĭatabase project stored in TFS version control. In this tip I will walk through setting up and executing a TFS Build for a simple MSBUILD can also be used from the command MSBUILD reads MSBUILD project files (i.e. MSBUILD is Microsoft's command line executable that Visual Studio leverages toīuild projects. SQL Server Database project file is in fact an MSBUILD project file so setting up The secret to TFS Build is that it just requires an MSBUILD project file. Of its schema objects) or update a database to match the schema of the SQL Server The Publish on a SQL Server Database project which can create a database (and all Visual Studio project(s) that create a DLL, EXE, etc. NET application, the TFS Build will compile Project, the build will create a DACPAC file which represents the schema of a SQL TFS version control and executes the build.

When the TFS Build runs, a TFS build server retrieves the code from They are in TFS version control, and how the build will run e.g. The basics of TFS BuildĪre that you create a Build Definition specifying the project(s) to be built, where

Projects as well as just about any other kind of project. TFS Build is a great feature that allows on demand and scheduled builds of BI

Is the Microsoft product that you could use. If you are familiar with the term continuous integration, TFS The tools you need to effectively manage software development projects throughout TFS is Microsoft's application lifecycle management (ALM) product that provides

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