SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is the principal interface for working with Microsoft SQL Server. However, many subtleties of this powerful tool evade even the most seasoned professionals. Here ...

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 ...

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is a Microsoft application for managing SQL Server databases through a user-friendly interface and various tools. Features of SSMS include Query Editor, Database ...

As a follow-up to Microsoft Build at the end of May, we thought it was a good time to highlight recent updates for client tools. In this post, we’ll recap the updates to SQL tools over the past few ...

When I (along with many other people) had a lot of trouble trying to install SQL Server Management Studio in an attempt to switch from the SQL Server 2008 R2 evaluation to the free Express version, I ...

In this post, we’ll recap the updates to SQL tools over the past few months, including the recent releases of Azure Data Studio and SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). The Azure Monitor Logs ...

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 ...