SQL Server 2017 is recommended so that you can play with all of the scripts and projects in this chapter. It's also recommended that you restore the AdventureWorks database on an installed instance of SQL Server.
Visual Studio 2015 or higher should also be installed if you want to follow the C# examples. The community edition is sufficient for all examples here.
For all SQL scripts provided within this chapter, Management Studio version 17.5 or higher is recommended.
All scripts and other files are provided at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Hands-On-Data-Science-with-SQL-Server-2017/tree/master/CH7_Custom_Aggregations_on_SQL_Server. Scripts are ordered accordingly and are reported throughout the chapter.
The CH07_BookProjectCLR.zip file contains a working demo of all custom CLR objects described throughout this chapter.