Thanks for the article.  I love Management Studio and use it with SQL 2000 extensively.  The text and file searching is great.  I think my favorite feature is the ability to design views with case statements that show in the table design window.  EM would not render complicated views, especially ones with case statements. 

 

So what's not to like.  It is definitely more of a memory hog, which comes with the extra bells and whistles.  I still prefer Query Analyzer for lean, mean object viewing and SQL coding.  I miss seeing the execution time for views in the bottom status bar (QA).  I also miss the ability to create a drop and create (QA).  Currently, this is a two step process (UGHHHH).  I appreciate the SourceSafe integration, but it has been a little tedious to use.  Not as simple as right-click and check in unless you setup a database integration project.  And there's not much documentation on this subject.  If someone has good experience in this area, can you please write an article for us.

 

Microsoft is fairly consistent with bringing out a product redesign and scrapping some of the better (and I guess, lesser known) features.  Can someone please buy them some Requirements Management software?