SSMS 22 Preview debuts soon with new features, while SSMS 21.5 update delivers key fixes and performance improvements.

In [!INCLUDE sssql19-md] and earlier versions, network traffic between SSMS and [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] is unencrypted by default. Don't work with sensitive data (including passwords) in SSMS unless ...

You can install SQL Server Management Studio by clicking the Install SSMS button. After that, the link redirects to the Microsoft Download page, where you can download the software.

Note Conflicts with graphics drivers have been found to cause issues in the SQL Server Management Studio rendering process and as such hardware graphics acceleration is disabled by default. If you ...

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 ...

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 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, ...

I'm down on SQL Server Management Studio right now. I basically just spent a day trying to swap out the evaluation version of SQL Server 2008 R2 with the Express version, and SSMS just wouldn't ...