Some parts of the ANSI-89 joins aren't deprecated/unsupported no, but others are (you can't use the LEFT JOIN syntax anymore, for example) Does it make sense to rewrite them? Yes,...

If you're using Visual Studio 2010, that implies you were using SSDT 2012; which I don't think there was a free version of. SQl Server Developer edition was free from...

I can't see how ISNULL would work here. ISNULL returns the second expression if the first expression has a value of NULL. Considering that the expression you want to return...

Profile has been deprecated for some time now. Why not use an Extended Event and add a filter on the database name; setting the value to said database.

If you have a object with which is classified as sensitive, then that value will not be decrypted unless you have the right credential; password, userkey, etc. If you open...

It seems you forgot to include the most important part: the actual T-SQL you used. ??

Duplicate of https://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/2010375/Connect-Adventureworks-DB-to-Visual-Studio-2012. Please direct answers there (and please don't create multiple threads for the same problem, it actually makes it harder for people to answer; for example you...

You can back up and restore an SSISDB, yes. Did you restore the key as well? You say the packages don't run, what errors did you get?