Business Intelligence Development Studio

Business Intelligence Development Studio 

Business Intelligence Development Studio is Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 with additional project types that are specific to SQL Server business intelligence.  Business Intelligence Development Studio is the primary environment that you will use to develop business solutions that include: 


• Analysis Services projects

• Integration Services projects

• Reporting Services projects

 

To launch Business Intelligence Development Studio, select Microsoft SQL Server 2008 => SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio from the Programs menu. BIDS shares the Visual Studio shell, so if you have Visual Studio installed on your computer, this menu item will launch Visual Studio complete with all of the Visual Studio project types (such as Visual Basic and C# projects).