Visual Studio(VS) lovers! Yes, we want to work on everything from within the VS. Yes, of course, our VS have required features to support us to perform various development and ALM operations. Database is one of the main parts of any application development. Instead of working on the database objects using SQL Server Management Studio, we prefer to use VS. Access the database directly from VS using the SQL Server Object Explorer. Moreover, we would like to work with the SQL express instead of connecting to a centralized database server for small project or at the starting of a project.
Read more at https://www.codeproject.com/Tips/1202659/Enabling-SQL-Express-User