Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition provides advanced tools for database change management and testing and offers functionality to enable database developers and administrators to be more productive and increase application quality in the database tier.

Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition delivers a market shifting database development product that provides a foundation for managed database evolution through the use of an offline, Visual Studio project-centered source code control system together with a suite of tools designed to help understand the impact of proposed changes. Schemas, DML and metadata can be versioned, code can be automatically reviewed using static analysis, unit tests can be created and executed to ensure quality, and comparisons can be made with test and production systems prior to deployment. Integration with Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server helps increase the productivity of the database professionals by enabling them to become an integral part of the application team.

Simplify database development
Simplify your database development with more comprehensive support for database refactoring.

Gain insight into T-SQL code
Gain greater insight into your T-SQL code with enhancements that enable you to see dependencies, expand wildcards, and perform in-depth code analysis.

Extend the Schema View
Customize and extend the Schema View with new, enhanced extensibility application programming interfaces.

Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 is an integrated Application Life-cycle Management (ALM) solution comprising tools, processes, and guidance to help everyone on the team improve their skills and work more effectively together. Visual Studio Team System enables members of your team to:

* Collaborate and communicate more effectively with other team members and business stakeholders.
* Ensure software quality using advanced quality tools at every step of the application life cycle.
* Gain visibility into project activity and priorities to make informed decisions based on real-time data.

In addition, over 200 Visual Studio Industry Partners offer products to support a broad range of software processes, tools, and platforms.

The Microsoft Visual Studio development system is a suite of development tools designed to aid software developers—whether they are novices or seasoned professionals—face complex challenges and create innovative solutions. Every day, software developers break through tough problems to create software that makes a difference in the lives of others. Visual Studio''s role is to improve the process of development to make the work of achieving those breakthroughs easier and more satisfying.

How Visual Studio improves the process of development:
Visual Studio-branded tools continually deliver better ways for software developers to do more with less energy wasted on repetition and drudgery. From efficient code editors, IntelliSense, Wizards, and multiple coding languages in one integrated development environment (IDE) to high-end application life-cycle management (ALM) products in Microsoft® Visual Studio® Team System. New versions of Visual Studio keep bringing innovative tools to help developers focus on solving problems, not waste time on minutiae.

With Visual Studio, software developers benefit from an integrated product experience that spans tools, servers, and services. Visual Studio products work well together—not just with one another, but also with other Microsoft software, such as Microsoft server products and the Microsoft Office system.
Comprehensive

Visual Studio offers a choice of tools for all phases of software development—development, testing, deployment, integration, and management—and for every kind of developer—from the novice to the skilled professional. Visual Studio is also engineered to support development across all types of devices—PCs, servers, the Web, and mobile devices.
Reliable

Visual Studio is engineered and tested to be consistently dependable, secure, interoperable, and compatible. Visual Studio offers an unmatched combination of security features, scalability, and interoperability. Although Visual Studio always incorporates forward-thinking features, it is designed to ensure backward-compatibility wherever possible.
Visual Studio and the Microsoft Application Platform

The Microsoft Application Platform is a portfolio of technology capabilities, core products, and best practice guidance focused on helping IT and development departments partner with the business to maximize opportunity.

As one of the core products of the Microsoft Application Platform, Visual Studio can help you drive the right business efficiencies, customer connections, and value-added services by providing a single, fully integrated development environment for all types of development, including Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Web, and mobile applications. Use Visual Studio development solutions to give your development team powerful ways to:

* Increase productivity and quality through integrated and familiar tools.
* Deploy, secure, and support your critical Web applications and infrastructure.
* Reduce costs through better visibility of your development process.
* Provide better predictability and planning through integrated process and methodology support.

System Requirements

Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 System Requirements - A successful deployment of Visual Studio Team System includes deploying the hardware and software necessary for it to run. Please visit

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vsts2008/products/bb933744.aspx

for a full configuration requirement overview based on your needs