SQL Server Management Studio can help take the guesswork out of creating connection strings for PowerShell applications.

If you just want to get going with a code-first database, you don't even need to define a connection string -- just write your objects. After you install Entity Framework in your application, if you ...

Unfortunately, not every SQL database is always available when we expect it to be. When you're creating automation scripts to discover, add, update or remove records from a remote SQL database, you ...

If any of you have any suggestions on managing connection strings for your applications, I'd like to hear it. I know a couple of ways to do it, but I'm looking for the best way. In .NET 1.1, most ...

SQL Server backups cannot be restored to older versions directly. Use Export and Import Data-Tier Application for cross-version database migration. Reconfigure permissions, logins, and connection ...