Connecting to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 from Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and 2008

My article on this topic just went live on MSDN at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc440724.aspx

Since both VS 2005 and VS 2008 were released before SQL Server 2008, most of the designers and tools don't work with SQL 2008.  To address this, MS has released CTP updates and will be releasing final versions of these updates in the future. This article discusses the various issues and summarizes what featues will be made available in the various releases and where to download he current CTP updates.