Start SQL Server Query Tool Click the Start button and launch the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio. Click the Server Name menu and choose your server from the drop-down list. Click Connect.

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.

How to Reindex SQL Tables. The indexes on a the tables of a large database make a huge difference in its performance and utility. Without an index, locating a single record in a large table can ...

Microsoft has released SQL Server Management Studio 22 Preview 1 with modern settings, new themes, and Fabric integration.

With more updates to the Visual Studio interface for SQL projects coming up and an immediate iteration to v2 of the Microsoft.Build.Sql SDK, there's new ways to increase your confidence in database ...

The tool's Always Encrypted functionality was also improved, as described in another post published by Microsoft yesterday titled " Always Encrypted Assessment in SQL Server Management Studio 21." ...

Okay, all of my (well the vast majority of my practical) SQL knowledge has come from what I have gained by clicking around the MS SQL Studio Manager (?) like a blind monkey over the past few days ...