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Where the heck is this going? For database diagramming, it seems like everyone at Microsoft thinks some other team is going to catch the ball when they drop it, and no team seems to think it is the one to catch it.

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It has a feature named вЂњProject-Oriented Offline Database Development,вЂќ but вЂњOfflineвЂќ actually means online with a clone of the production server (so, still not true server-disconnected modeling). I checked the SSDT documentation, and it is dependent on server-connected modeling. In Visual Studio 2013, Visual Database Tools have been deprecated, but SQL Server Database Tools provide replacementДЇeatures to help you create tables, queries, and views.вЂќ Versions of Visual Studio, you could use Visual Database Tools to create tables, queries, and views, and to create and maintain database diagrams. However, it was kind of like a brick in the face when I read this documentation for Visual Studio 2013: ( ) вЂњ In previous In this one is says вЂњas far as I know, this functionality (UML/Database) was actually supported not by Visio team, but rather by Visual Studio team.вЂќ I found this statement: вЂњFull-on reverse engineering functionality is now provided by Visual Studio in the Premium or Ultimate editions.вЂќ It is now just dumb column rectangles that have an appearance of database diagramming, but has no real functionality.

I was disappointed to find that database modeling functionality had been further reduced. I checked to see what was up with database modeling in Visio 2013.

#Ca database modeling tools full

Our company is now in full swing on a desktop hardware refresh to Windows 8.1 and Office 2013. without being distracted by details such as data types and constraint names.ДЄt first I was frustrated by the lack of forward engineering, but I think that turned out to be a blessing, as that lead to a rigorous, final development-time evaluation of the details that are distracting and can be under-considered during initial brainstorming.

Not being server connected allows me to focus on entities and attribute relationships, cardinality, etc. It gives me a quick and manageable way to create a realistic prototype of a data model without being server connected. I like using the database modeling tool in Visio 2010.