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I have found complications in the past when installing them side-by-side because sometimes they can be overwritten or updated by a Visual Studio install.īy installing Visual Studio and then SQL Server, any components that are required by SQL Server which have been updated by the Visual Studio installation are reinstalled by SQL Server itself. This is because generally the components used by Visual Studio will be newer than those used by the build of SQL Server. After that SQL Server and SSDT is working fine but the issue is with the Visual Studio 2017.I have tried to open a solution file which was developed in Visual Studio 2015 but I. I have installed the SQL Server 2016, SSDT 2017 and Visual Studio 2017 in the below order.
#Order to install visual studio and sql server update
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There is actually no official guide (AFAIK) for which one you should install first but based on my personal experience here is what I recommend: