Connect to a SQL Server instance on an Azure VM using SSMS. Create and query SQL Server on an Azure VM by running basic T-SQL queries in SSMS. The following steps show how to create an optional DNS ...

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. In Object Explorer, ...

To open Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, click on Start > Programs > Microsoft SQL Server Tools 18 > Microsoft SSMS 18. There will be a screen that appears below the ‘ Connect to Server ‘ ...

We’re excited to announce the release of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 18.1. It’s been just over a month since we released SSMS 18.0. While we brought in many fantastic capabilities, we also ...

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.

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).

SSMS will continue to be the flagship tool for managing and administering SQL Server on Windows environments. We will continue to make investments to fix bugs, optimize and modernize SSMS as new ...