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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736212 More actions · Answer 1

Yes and no. There still is a way: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/dataplatforminsider/2016/11/21/source-control-in-sql-server-management-studio-ssms/

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004339 More actions · Answer 2

Steve Jones - SSC Editor - Wednesday, July 26, 2017 8:52 AM
Yes and no. There still is a way: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/dataplatforminsider/2016/11/21/source-control-in-sql-server-management-studio-ssms/

Heh... another work around for something that previously didn't need one. 😉

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Ricky Lively Right there with Babe Points: 730 More actions · Answer 3

My Boss' Boss told me today that our developers are not licensed to use SSMS... and he pointed to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssms/sql-server-management-studio-license-terms saying that ...You may install and use one copy of the software on your device. ... You may make one backup copy of the software. ...

I am not sure how to respond... I said I always thought SSMS was free to use, not just free to download... he wants something more... anyone have a Microsoft Link I can point my management to?

Rick-the-perplexed-DBA.

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736212 More actions · Answer 4

Ricky Lively - Wednesday, March 14, 2018 11:55 AM
My Boss' Boss told me today that our developers are not licensed to use SSMS... and he pointed to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssms/sql-server-management-studio-license-terms saying that ...You may install and use one copy of the software on your device. ... You may make one backup copy of the software. ...
I am not sure how to respond... I said I always thought SSMS was free to use, not just free to download... he wants something more... anyone have a Microsoft Link I can point my management to?
Rick-the-perplexed-DBA.

I'm not sure what your boss gets from this. If you don't violate copyright, redistribute this or alter the program, you have a license. That's what the page says. There's no cost or key involved.

Read the page. Find a place where it notes there is some payment.