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Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition Power Tools February 2008 Release This release updates the Visual Studio 2005 version of the power tools to work with Visual Studio Team System 2008. This release also provides several new features, which are detailed later in this document. These new and updated features might be incorporated into a future release of Database Edition. To use these tools, you must have the following prerequisites: Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition or Team Suite must be installed. Visual Basic or C# must be installed. MSXML must be installed. (It is installed by default with Visual Studio.) Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express, Developer, Standard, or Enterprise Edition must be installed and running. For more information, see the Microsoft Web site (/fwlink/?LinkID=78582). Windows Vista, Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2), Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1), or Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 (SP4) must be installed. New Features in this Release Improvements in Database Unit Testing In this release, two new test conditions can help verify the results of your database unit tests. ChecksumCondition Description: By using this test condition, you can verify that the DataSet returned when you run a unit test is the expected DataSet. The test condition stores the checksum of the DataSet at design-time and compares that checksum to the checksum of the DataSet that is returned when you run the test. Usage: Open the Unit Test Designer. In the Test Conditions list, click ChecksumTestCondition. To configure the test condition, open the Properties window, and click the ellipsis in the Configuration property. A dialog box appears in which you can specify additional information required for the test condition. ExpectedSchemaTestCondition Description: By using this test condition, you can verify that the schema of the DataSet returned when you run a unit test matches an expected DataSet schema. The test