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• Pushing for more tools-related fixes for SQL Server 2011

  A few days ago I posted a list of Management Studio issues I hope they will add or fix for the next version of SQL Server (or sooner). Comments there and elsewhere, as well as some afterthoughts, have led me to publish an addendum. Again I will present Read More... Posted Monday, August 25, 2008 1:59 PM from Aaron Bertrand | (Comments Off) Filed under: SSMS, SQL Server 2008, Management Studio, SQL Server 2011, next version

• My Management Studio wishlist for SQL Server 2011

  Inspired both directly and indirectly by fellow MVP Erland Sommarskog, whose programming wishlist I talked about the other day , I have decided to compile a list of my own wish list items, in the same spirit of, "it's never too early." This list is restricted Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 1:56 PM from Aaron Bertrand | (Comments Off) Filed under: SSMS, connect, SQL Server 2008, Management Studio, SQL Server 2011, next version

• SSMS T-SQL Debugger ScreenCast

  just posted - SSMS T-SQL Debugger ScreenCast 5:58 - focuses on the call stack. If you haven't played with the new Debugger, this is an easy way to get a look-see. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 23, 2008 4:22 PM from Paul Nielsen | (Comments Off) Filed under: SSMS, SQL Server 2008, Screencast, debugger

• A little Management Studio "oops"

  For those of you who connect to database servers where you are not in full control over all databases, or where some of your databases are ever offline (or auto-closed), the new version of Management Studio that is shipping with SQL Server 2008 is going Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 08, 2008 2:38 AM from Aaron Bertrand | (Comments Off) Filed under: SSMS, SQL Server 2008

• The 25 New Features in SSMS 2008

  Today I've been working on the SSMS chapter for SQL Server 2008 Bible. The list of new features for SSMS is rather impressive. Here’s a copy/paste from the book… SQL Server 2008’s Management Studio is an evolution of the SQL Server 2005’s Management Studio, Read More... Posted Monday, March 31, 2008 10:02 AM from Paul Nielsen | (Comments Off) Filed under: SSMS, SQL Server 2008

• Connect needs an "Ignored" status

  The SQL team seems to have been quite busy recently, commenting on and closing out many bugs and suggestions that have been raised, I suppose as they close out work on the SQL Server 2008 codebase. Some (like Buck Woody and Bill Ramos, among others) have Read More... Posted Thursday, December 13, 2007 9:57 PM from Aaron Bertrand | (Comments Off) Filed under: Katmai, SSMS, connect, SQL Server 2008

• Registered Servers become more useful

  In playing with the latest CTP for SQL Server 2008, I stumbled across some new context menu items for a server group node in Registered Servers. You can now right-click a group node and choose options such as "New Query" or "Object Explorer." When I first Read More... Posted Thursday, December 06, 2007 10:35 PM from Aaron Bertrand | (Comments Off) Filed under: Katmai, SSMS, SQL Server 2008

• November CTP : Initial impressions of SSMS changes

  [Updates below in BOLD.] On loading SSMS for the first time, I noticed a few things. First of all, the row(s) affected message is now prefixed with information on the instance and login relevant to the query execution: As illustrated in the graphic, this Read More... Posted Monday, November 19, 2007 1:16 PM from Aaron Bertrand | (Comments Off) Filed under: Katmai, SSMS, SQL Server 2008