SQL Server Management Studio Recovery, Reporting, Key Combinations and Efficiency Tips
Serget Gigoyan is back with another set of 5 common SSMS tips.
2017-08-07
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SQL Server Management Studio add-ins
Complete list of useful and must have add-ins for SQL Server Management Studio - 34 SSMS add-ins
2019-02-28 (first published: 2017-07-21)
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2017-03-01
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2017-02-15
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2017-02-01
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Using Code Snippets in SSMS
Snippets will allow you to code faster by inserting chunks of code with few key strokes.
2018-08-17 (first published: 2016-04-07)
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Install SQL Server Management Studio with Web Installer without Internet Access
One of the new features of SQL Server 2016 is the introduction of a Web Installer for the client tools. In this article, Daniel Farina goes through the entire process of downloading and installing the client tools even on machines without internet access.
2015-09-30
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Less and Less Visual
Phil Factor ponders the preponderance of text in current database tools, and asks what happened to our glorious graphical future?
2014-06-26
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Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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