Learn how to install and configure SQL Server Management Studio, download a SQL Server, and connect them on a Windows 11/10/Server computer..

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 ...

SQL Server Management Studio can access the SSRS catalog directly and does not require the SSRS Windows Service to be running to change the report’s properties.

The SQL Server Management Studio is a very useful tool, and can help you do things more efficiently. However, if you want your application to run against a SQL Server database without using the tool, ...

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, ...

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 posted on April 18, 2006 the RTM version of Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2005 Developer, Workgroup, Standard, Enterprise, and Express editions. Get the lowdown on SP-1's added features, ...

Many new administration features have appeared, most notably the Declarative Management Framework (which introduces the concept of policy-based management) and enhancements to SQL Server Management ...

With a new version of Microsoft’s SQL Operations Studio, users now have more visibility into, and control over, their SQL Server Agent jobs.