I saw this excerpt from an announcement about the next version of Visual Studio.  I think that if Microsoft really interested in going after the agile developer, then it makes sense to blend the role of the traditional DBA and web engineer.  In a lot of the cases I’ve been exposed to (at PwC and in personal projects), there is usually one person where the tools have been designed for two different people.  Here’s the excerpt of Microsoft’s strategy to bring them together:

Merging of Developer, DBA Roles

Most of these changes are a ways off, though you can expect to see some of this functionality demonstrated at the upcoming Microsoft Professional Developers’ Conference. One item, however, takes effect immediately.

As Microsoft sees it, the roles of the database-centric developer and “regular” developer are less distinct than they once were, so the company is merging its VSTS database and development products. As of October 1, those who belong to the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) and currently own Visual Studio Team System 2008 Development Edition or Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition will receive for free the Visual Studio Team System 2008 Development Edition, Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition, Visual Studio 2005 Team System for Software Developers and Visual Studio 2005 Team System for Database Professionals.

As someone who used the Team Suite tools for “Software Developers” and “Database Professionals”, I think it makes sense, as I constantly had to take one hat off when playing the other.  I think it’ll make it easier for developers to use one toolset, which is more and more common nowadays when developing simple CMS or CRUD type web sites.