The tool's Always Encrypted functionality was also improved, as described in another post published by Microsoft yesterday titled "Always Encrypted Assessment in SQL Server Management Studio 21." ...

Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 18, which can be used to manage any SQL infrastructure, has been released and is now generally available to users with a long list of updates and improvements.

• Industry leading performance and intelligence over all your data, structured and unstructured • Most secure database over the last 9 years per NIST* • Query any database like Oracle, MongoDB, ...