The Microsoft® Visual Database Tools are available as a component in many of the Microsoft Visual Studio™ applications, including Microsoft® Visual InterDev™, Visual Basic®, and Visual C++®. The Visual Studio suite is available in two editions: Professional and Enterprise.
The Professional version of Visual Studio 6.0 offers developers a great solution for accessing data. The Enterprise version builds on the Professional box by offering the ability to manipulate the structure of the database using the full features of the Visual Database Tools.
What's available in each Visual Studio product edition:
| Capability | Professional Edition | Enterprise Edition |
| Create Queries | X | X |
| Edit Queries | X | X |
| Execute Stored Procedures | X | X |
| Create New Views | X | |
| Create New Tables | X | |
| Edit Table Structures | X | |
| Create New Stored Procedures | X | |
| Edit Stored Procedures | X | |
| Debug Stored Procedures | X | |
| Source Control for Stored Procedures and Triggers | X | |
| Create New Triggers | X | |
| Create New Database Diagrams | X | |
| Edit Database Diagrams | X |