I'm using VS 13 just installed SQL Server 2014 Express, created a new database and when I go to add a new table (inside VS) I get the following error:
incompatible sql server version found
How do I fix this? Should I find the version required by the VS (if so, how?) and I downgrade to that required version or can I workaround it with SQL Server 2014 Express?
Check the "Target platform:" drop-down in the "Project Settings" tab of Project Properties. If "SQL Server 2014" is not selected, select it. If "SQL Server 2014" is not even in the list, you need to do the next part (#2).
Make sure that you have the latest version of SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT). VS 2013 Community Edition (if not also other editions) shipped with a version that didn't exactly work ;-).
You should be able to get this by doing the following:
Or you can download it from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/tools.aspx (just be sure to get the version that corresponds to the version of Visual Studio that you have).
There is a check-box for "Allow incompatible platform" in two places: