title: SSDT project not loading in visual studio 2012 for azure v12 database
body: <p>SSDT project not loading in visual studio 2012 for azure v12 database schema provider. </p>
  
  <p>I googled the issue and found that following link would resolve the issue.
  <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ssdt/archive/2014/12/18/sql-server-database-tooling-preview-release-for-the-latest-azure-sql-database-update-v12-preview.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ssdt/archive/2014/12/18/sql-server-database-tooling-preview-release-for-the-latest-azure-sql-database-update-v12-preview.aspx</a></p>
  
  <p>But, the update as per above link would work only on visual studio 2013 version.</p>
  
  <p>The actual error shown on trying to load SSDT project in vs 2012 is as follows:
  Internal error: The database platform service with type microsoft.data.tools.schema.sql.sqlAzurev12DatabaseSchemaProvider is not valid. You must make sure the service is loaded, or you must provide full type name of a valid database platform service.</p>
  
  <p>SQL Server Version: 2012</p>