Here is a look at the best tools available today, as well as a quick introduction to what an SQL database actually is for the uninitiated.

dbForge tools for SQL Server now offer full support for SQL Server 2025, enabling smooth and reliable database operations - all while maintaining high performance and productivity.

An open source project gives DBAs the ability to channel PowerShell for automating and scaling complex SQL Server tasks, starting with the most basic: database backups.

2. SQL Server Management Studio If we are talking about database management tools, the best choice is SQL Server Management Studio.

Fresh on the heels of SQL Server 2014 being released to manufacturing, the SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) team yesterday announced support for the new version, along with numerous other enhancements.

Installing the Power Tools resulted in a new "Projects" node in SSDT's new SQL Server Object Explorer, or SSOX, (with SSMS-like functionality), where you can see the schema of your database and add, ...

I've been playing with the new SQL Server Data Tools, and I'm impressed by the way Microsoft has gotten the product out for review and is improving it with user-requested functionality.

And the database platforms it supports include Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, DB2 UDB, SAP Sybase ASE, MySQL, and any other databases with ODBC connectivity. Among the tools I’ve mentioned, it also ...

Microsoft has added a range of new tools to the Azure cloud database in a bid to help companies improve the way they manage on-premise SQL databases and, in the process, make it easier in future ...