Using Code Snippets in SSMS

Snippets will allow you to code faster by inserting chunks of code with few key strokes.

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.

Less and Less Visual

Phil Factor ponders the preponderance of text in current database tools, and asks what happened to our glorious graphical future?

Connection Colors

Keyboard key to Toggle between query and results pane

Getting the grid back

The Results Tab

SSMS Results

Why I Developed SQL Code Guard: A Fairy Tale from a DBA

This is the story of how a free addin for SSMS, SQL Code Guard, was created and joined the Red Gate SSMS Ecosystem project.

SQL Enlight for SQL Server Management Studio

The process of doing SQL code-reviews used to be tedious and error-prone. Until SQL Enlight, it was a process that was difficult to automate for release and deployment. As it is now both a Command-line utility and an SSMS add-in, the database developer can see immediately the parts of the code that would raise eyebrows with the vigilant production DBA.