Microsoft has updated its SQL Server Management Studio to version 17.3, adding two features along with various minor enhancements and bug fixes.

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.

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 ...

7. Intellisense in SQL Server Management Studio: interactive help as you type giving object names and syntax support similar to Visual Studio. Intellisense in SSMS at last 6. Enhanced Database ...

In this blog entry I will examine my 3 favorite new features that show how SQL Server 2014 provides high-performance OLTP, optimization of business analytics and migration of data to the cloud.