In Object Explorer, click the plus sign to expand the server that you want to set up with a connection to its SQL Server Agent Service. Right-click SQL Server Agent and select Properties. In the SQL ...

Important On Azure SQL Managed Instance, most, but not all SQL Server Agent features are currently supported. See Azure SQL Managed Instance T-SQL differences from SQL Server for details. Use this ...

As a heavy user of other RDBMS data platforms, I have long appreciated the extra effort that Microsoft put into their data management and administration tool, the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

The Connection Properties dialog opens. For my sample ITworld application, I changed the data source to Microsoft SQL Server (SQLClient), and entered the necessary Server, Log On, and database values.

Open the SSMS-Setup-ENU.exe file from your downloads folder and follow the installation prompts. After installation, go to the Start menu, find the Microsoft SQL Server Tools folder, and launch SQL ...