Connect to your SQL Server instance, then in the object explorer pane drill down and highlight a container, such as Tables. Then click View => Object Explorer Details from the top menu bar.

The Connection Properties dialog opens. For my sample ITworld application, I changed the data source to Microsoft SQL Server (SQLClient), and entered the necessary Server, Log On, and database values.

As a heavy user of other RDBMS data platforms, I have long appreciated the extra effort that Microsoft put into their data management and administration tool, the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

In November, Microsoft released version 18.4 for the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), introducing some key features such as support for materialized view scripts in SQL Data Warehouse.

Figure 1. A SQL Server query against the Northwind database executed in PowerShell. (Click image to view larger version.) Fig. 2 is that same query as executed in SSMS (yes, I finally did get it to ...

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In announcing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 21 Preview 1 this week, Microsoft revealed Copilot AI for the tool is also being previewed, privately. A Copilot for the tool that helps users manage, ...