It is shipped with every SQL Server version and is regularly updated and enhanced. The tool interface is quite user friendly and comprehensive.
More updates on 18.0 series can be found here –īelow table shows SQL server edition and its corresponding supported Operating system. Until latest version is SSMS 18.0 (Preview 6) Latest 18.0 series have the following versions: 18.0 (Preview 4), 18.0 (Preview 5) and 18.0 (Preview 6) All series include 16.x, 17.x and 18.0 as version numbers. In 2016, Microsoft started the first numerical series of versioning with the SSMS version number as 16.3. SSMS remains an integral part of SQL server with SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2012 and SQL Server 2016. SSMS first version was with SQL server 2005. We will be prompt to specify the location where the file can be saved future reference. We can click and select the above-highlighted icon & run any Query. We often need the result of our query to be saved in text format for future references.In case of failure, the popup window will appear with the name We can even customized time interval to AutoRecover data and the number of days this information to be saved before deleting it. Set ‘ Autorecover’ option checked to minimize data loss. Unexpected shutdown, a system failure can cause unexpected data loss.Group comment: We can comment out the group of line by selecting them all and clicking on Icon shown in below image.Put “–” in front of any line to comment it out. For example, we can use SMMS Version 18 with SQL Server 2017, SQL Server 2016 as well. It does not correspond to any specific version of SQL Server.
Management Studio is a standalone product.This button will finally execute the query and return the results. for easy queries creations and much more. MS SQL server provides interactive suggestions for tables, columns, etc. This dropdown allows the user to select the Database in which we will be running our queries. To view the components of each object, just click the + icon located to the left of the object which will expand it. This section shows all the Databases, Security, Server Object for quick reference. The Object Explorer provides a tree view of the database objects contained in the server. Introduction to Data Management Studio IDEīelow is the start screen for Data Management Studio. ‘Connect to Server’ screen will appear in a similar way as described in the previous section. Type entire path followed by ssms.exe as shown below and Press ‘Enter’.Open Command Prompt by typing CMD in Search window.
Here, are the steps to access via command line: Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 18\Common7\IDE User name\Password: If Authentication is selected other than “Windows Authentication” like “SQL server Installation” then these two fields will be required.Ĭlick on ‘Connect.’ Now you will be connected to ‘Data Management Studio.’ Access “Management studio” using Command line.Īlternatively, we can also open MS SQL Management Studio using Window Command line.
Else, if we select ‘Mixed Mode (Windows Authentication & Windows Authentication)’ then Authentication will be defaulted to “SQL Server Installation.”