It was Thanksgiving in the US last week. As a way to say thanks, I wanted to use this space to give a shout out to free tools that help me in my day-to-day work.
Click on the following links to know more and download.
- Red Gate SQL Search – Finds SQL text from database objects.
- SSMS Tools Pack – Enhancements to SSMS. It’s not free for SQL Server 2012 though.
- Poor SQL – SSMS add-in to format T-SQL.
- SQL Sentry Plan Explorer– Execution plans on steroids.
- SSAS Compare – Lets you deploy only changes to the destination SSAS database.
- BIDS Helper – Visual studio add-in to enhance BIDS and SSDT.
- SQL Query Stress – Performance stress testing of T-SQL.
Sam Vanga 
Nice tools noted. RedGate SQL Search and SQL Sentry Plan Explorer are two of my favorites.