The Properties window describes the state of an item in SQL Server Management Studio, such as a connection or a Showplan operator, and information about database objects such as tables, views, and ...

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.

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 ...

Figure 2. The same query as executed in SQL Server Management Studio. (Click image to view larger version.) Obviously, SSMS offers some features that PowerShell doesn't, such as the handy Object ...

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.

However, Activity Monitor can consume a lot of server resources, particularly if it runs on SQL Server Management Studio on your database server. (Don't do this.