Many software applications make use of databases to store application data. Changes to data structures and logic are often related to application changes. Managing these changes in your development, test, staging and production environments can be daunting.  Visual Studio 2005 Team System contains features to assist in the development and maintenance of database structures, data and procedures.

Focus areas:
•      Keeping code changes and database changes in sync
•      Isolating development work on database objects
•      Testing procedure and schema changes by generating test data
•      Promoting database changes
•      Schema compare and synchronization
•      Data compare and synchronization