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#data-tools#previous-releases-of-ssdt-ssdt-bi

Previous releases of SSDT & SSDT-BI

09/09/2025 SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) provides project templates a

Analytics Platform System (PDW)

Data Tools (SSDT) provides project templates and design surfaces for building SQL

Server content types - relational databases, Analysis Services models, Reporting Services

reports, and Integration Services packages.

SSDT is backward compatible, so you can always use

the newest SSDT

to design and deploy

databases, models, reports, and packages that run on older versions of SQL Server.

Historically, the Visual Studio shell used to create SQL Server content types has been released

under various names, including

Data Tools

,

Data Tools - Business

, and. Previous versions came with

distinct sets of project templates. To get all of the project templates together in one SSDT, you

need

the newest version. Otherwise, you probably need to install multiple previous versions to

get all of the templates used in SQL Server. Only one shell is installed per version of Visual

Studio; installing a second SSDT just adds the missing templates.

Download previous SSDT versions by selecting the download link in the related section.

15.9

2017

17.4

2015

Warning

Visual Studio 2017 is out of mainstream support and use of Visual Studio 2019 or 2022 is

recommended. Learn more about SSDT for Visual Studio 2019 and 2022 at.

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Note

was previously known as Azure Active Directory (Azure AD).