In announcing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 21 Preview 1 this week, Microsoft revealed Copilot AI for the tool is also being previewed, privately. A Copilot for the tool that helps users manage, ...

Management Studio is a new tool for SQL Server database administrators and developers. Hosted inside Microsoft Visual Studio, it brings graphical tools for database management together with a rich ...

The links below take you to an overview of each listed feature area and a simple step-by-start tutorial for each area. For solution-scoped quick starts that demonstrate the use of SQL Database in a ...

Sometimes you become the accidental DBA, or you are the DBA by choice. Either way, you can choose to spend time working in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to look at things such as backups or the ...

eWeek content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 18, which can be ...

In November, Microsoft released version 18.4 for the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), introducing some key features such as support for materialized view scripts in SQL Data Warehouse. It also ...

Microsoft's policy of inserting Copilot into every corner of its portfolio is on brief hiatus, at least in the first preview of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 22. The ultimate plan is to shift to ...

I'm down on SQL Server Management Studio right now. I basically just spent a day trying to swap out the evaluation version of SQL Server 2008 R2 with the Express version, and SSMS just wouldn't ...