How to add LocalDB to Visual Studio 2015 Community's SQL Server Object Explorer?

Question

Problem

I don\'t understand how to make LocalDB show up in the SQL Server Object Explorer. On some VMs, it shows up automatically, on some other VMs, it doesn\'t. S

Answer 1

I tried to install only LocalDB, which was missed in my VS 2015 installation. Followed below URL & selectively download the LocalDB (2012) installer which is only 33mb in size :)

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29062

If you are looking for the SQL Server Data Tool for Visual Studio 2015 Integration, then Please download that from :

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/mt186501