Start SQL Server Query Tool Click the Start button and launch the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio. Click the Server Name menu and choose your server from the drop-down list. Click Connect.

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.

Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 18 can manage any SQL infrastructure. Explores features & updates now.

Untangle SQL Server connection strings Today’s README file explains how to create connection strings to SQL Server databases using Visual Studio’s built-in tools.

However, SQL Server 2016 also fully supports the rowset-to-JSON query scenario when you write a regular T-SQL query and then map results to JSON objects via the FOR JSON clause. For more information ...

Q&A Get Started Using .NET Aspire with SQL Server & Azure SQL Database By David Ramel 01/23/2025 Microsoft unveiled .NET Aspire at the Build 2024 developer conference, describing it as an opinionated, ...

How to Bulk Insert CSV Into SQL. Microsoft's SQL Server software, used in thousands of businesses ranging from storefront operations to multinational companies, has capabilities to bulk-insert ...

Prerequisites SQL Server 2005 or later Visual Studio 2013 If using SQL Server 2014, make sure you have applied the SSDT updates. These can be found in Visual Studio’s Updates and Extensions menu.

Learn about the latest features and future of SQL Server 2022 in this interview with Asad Khan, VP of SQL Products and Services at Microsoft.

In this second delve into data cleanliness (read the first, How clean is your data?, here), we’ll test-drive the data profiling tool provided with Microsoft SQL Server.