SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is not offered as a standalone download on MSDN.
Installation requires the user to download the sql server installation package and choose to install only this single feature. For developers, SQL Developer edition is a great choice.
In the same vein as Steve Jones’ series on Customizing SSMS this is a fairly basic trick, but one that...
2013-05-16 (first published: 2013-05-13)
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If you're working in an environment as a developer without sysadmin privileges, and you are creating database diagrams using Management Studio...
2012-12-10 (first published: 2012-12-03)
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I feel that it is wise move for a script to actually check itself that the database connection that is...
2011-01-20
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SQL Server Management Studio 2008 has several new features, including the T-SQL Debugger for easier debugging and a new Object Explorer Details window that's easier to use.
2009-01-19
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I didn't want to go on this trip, but I agreed to do it. Now I regret it. My flight to Chicago was fairly uneventful, but it was running late. At 4:30CST the pilot says we should be on the ground in 30 minutes, which is good since I have to get to...
2009-01-19
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