I've submitted an update to the article to address:

* This feature starting with SQL 2008, not 2005

* A note on the fix for changing connections coming with SQL 2008R2 SP1.

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Steve, would it be possible to correct a technical error in my article? I posted that this feature became available with SSMS 2005. It actually became available with SSMS 2008...

Jeff Moden (9/17/2013)

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Peter Schott (9/17/2013)

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Jeff Moden (9/17/2013)

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I'm not sure what's going on but I'm using SQL Server 2005 Developer's Edition (SP3) and the "Use Custom Color" checkbox is not present....

aochss (9/17/2013)

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One thing to note is that the color doesn't show up when doing an action that doesn't have a status bar (Edit Top 200 Rows, Design, Add Table). ...

Jeff Moden (9/17/2013)

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I'm not sure what's going on but I'm using SQL Server 2005 Developer's Edition (SP3) and the "Use Custom Color" checkbox is not present. Are you sure...

aochss (9/17/2013)

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Thanks for the tip. Learned two items today. Registration of servers and how to set colors.

Has anyone tried the SSMS Tools pack add-in? Any...

Tobar (9/17/2013)

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Thanks Peter. I have always wanted to do something like this. BTW: If you have never registered a server (like me until moments ago) your list will be empty....

Thanks, Richard. I've only been using SSMS 2012 since shortly after the 2012 release so...

Submitted. I'm sure that you'll want to edit. Just let me know if I missed anything or if you need me to fix anything. I hope the images came...

Thanks. I will try to get something in today. Do I just submit through the Contributions Center and let you know that it's there?

I could probably write this up, then. I remember being really excited about that feature when it was announced. Then I ran a query against production thinking it was my...

Besides paying for a tool? SQL Prompt and SSMS Toolspack will both do this and worth the money. I tried using the built-in connection coloring, but when I used...

I'm hoping that there's a context missing here. I can sort of empathize with not wanting a "male", "female", "white", "whatever" speaker. I want a person who knows their subject...

On the tech side, I'm trying to learn more about BIML, PowerPivot, and PowerQuery. Seeing some of the built-in functionality in Excel 2013 has given me a handful of ideas...

Really hoping that a future article can give us a bit more detail on what you're using to build these scripts or where you learn to use the various C#...