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.

6. Click New Query in SQL Server Management Studio and type select @@servername to verify everything is correct and you have successfully changed the sql server name.

This topic describes how to disconnect Object Explorer from a server at any time in [!INCLUDEssnoversion]. Disconnecting Object Explorer does not disconnect other SQL Server Management Studio ...

Management Studio Gets Several Enhancements Since SQL Server 2005, Management Studio has been an extended version of Visual Studio. In 2005, the implementation was useful but a bit half-baked.

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 ...

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, ...

If you want to download Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, make sure you use the official page and link. Here's how to do that!

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.