The Separation of Tools

SSMs and ADS are the new tools for SQL Server and the data platform, both of which are now available separately from SQL Server.

Other IDEs

This editorial was originally published on Jun 17, 2020. It is being republished as Steve is out of town. Let us know if you've changed your SQL IDEs since then. Most of us use SSMS (SQL Server Management Studio) to manage our SQL Server instances or to write database code. However, Microsoft does give us […]

Microsoft SQL Server Utilities and Tools

Useful free and paid utilities and tools for Microsoft SQL Server - complete list of 275 Utilities

Using the Lightweight Tools

This week Steve is interested in whether the newer lightweight environments, like VS Code and Azure Data Studio, are capturing your interest.

Using All Your Tools

Steve looks at a number of tools that you should spend time learning and building a level of comfort that enables you to use them in your daily work.

Leaving SQLCMD

SQL SERVER – Maximizing Query Execution Plans On Screen – A Quick Tip

My most of the Comprehensive Database Performance ...

A Clean Values Clause with SQL Prompt

I’ve had this code in a snippet for a long time: I appreciate the markup to prevent SQL Prompt from doing this, which used to always happen. I can’t...
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SQL SERVER – How Do I Evaluate Monitoring Tools?

Today, I am going to talk about the 3 important properties which I look for in all the SQL Server Performance monitoring tools.
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Embed Azure Data Studio Notebooks in your website

Notebooks are a functionality available in Azure Data Studio, that allows you to create and share documents that may contain text, code, images, and query results. These documents are...
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