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 ...

Put the query in a new query window in SQL Server Management Studio. Looking at the AdventureWords2012 database (available for download from CodePlex), review the uspGetEmployeeManagers stored ...

Figure 1. A SQL Server query against the Northwind database executed in PowerShell. (Click image to view larger version.) Fig. 2 is that same query as executed in SSMS (yes, I finally did get it to ...

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, ...

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 ...

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.