I need to setup other computers the same way that are used to manage my SQL Servers. Instead of having to manually add the registered servers on each computer in this tip I show you how you can import and export registered servers between computers.  Read more...

Every now and then, I see someone doing repetitive tasks in SQL Server Management Studio such as dropping a stored procedure one by one when they need to remove ten or scripting out a single object at a time because they can't select multiple objects from the Object Explorer. I have even seen people create elaborate scripts to perform tasks that involved manipulating multiple database objects to avoid these mundane tasks. In this tip I will show you how this can be done simply by using SQL Server Management Studio.  Read more...

A new article from Steve Moore shows us how to use SQL Server Management Studio with your SQL Azure databases in the cloud.  Read more...

This tip shows you an option that exists within SSMS to automatically generate scripts for all table changes when using the table designer.  Read more...

Learn how to use the SSMS GUI to modify tables in this SQL School video.  Read more...

This article is the final article in a series that explores new features that are available in SQL Server 2008 Management Studio  Read more...

This article shows the new features that are available in SQL Server 2008 Management Studio   Read more...

Phil takes us through one of the best kept secrets of SSMS - Templates. Even for a 'plain-screen' man like Phil, Templates are an excellent tool, and a major reason to use SSMS.  Read more...

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.  Read more...

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.  Read more...

Learn the basics of how to work with Management Studio in this SQL School video.  Read more...

Maintaining your database server is something every DBA or developer needs to do. This video shows how to setup a basic maintenance plan.  Read more...

This SQL School video will show you how to use Management Studio to restore a database in SQL Server 2005.  Read more...

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is now the primary tool that we all use to manage SQL Server. Whenever I open up SSMS I always go through the same steps to connect to a server and open certain query files. Are there any shortcuts or alternative ways of starting SSMS?  Read more...

In this SQL School video, Brian Knight shows you how to create and use database diagrams in Management Studio.  Read more...

This video shows how you can use Management Studio to execute your Integration Services packages.  Read more...

Not everyone who had to use Management Studio when it first appeared in SQL Server 2005 liked it. The paint was still wet and there was still scaffolding around. To give Microsoft its credit, it has succeeded in transforming it into a much more useful product, in its SQL Server 2008 reincarnation.  Read more...

MVP Brian Knight walks through the scripting capabilities of Management Studio to show how the code for table creation and the various dependent objects. Brian looks at the options available with scripting and what the implication of choosing them will be.  Read more...

This short article shows how to run the same query against multiple servers and aggregate the results into one set with SSMS 2008  Read more...

SQL Server MVP Jacob Sebastian starts a new series looking at the changes in SQL Server 2008 to the management tools.  Read more...