Neowin News Feed for: Ssms

SQL Server Management Studio 22.5 now out, here is what's new

Usama Jawad — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:42:01 +0000

Microsoft rolls out SSMS 22.5 with helpful upgrades, streamlining migrations, enhancing projects, and improving overall productivity. Read more...

SSMS gets GitHub Copilot code completions, and it's better than "IntelliSense on steroids"

Usama Jawad — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 07:34:01 +0000

The latest version of SQL Server Management Studio brings support for GitHub Copilot-powered code completions, which are apparently much better than IntelliSense. Read more...

SSMS 22.1 now out, destructive database commands powered by AI coming soon

Usama Jawad — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 09:44:02 +0000

SQL Server Management Studio 22.1.0 is now available with lots of improvements for GitHub Copilot. A powerful Agent Mode is coming soon as well. Read more...

Microsoft brings highly-requested feature to SQL Server Management Studio

Usama Jawad — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 19:54:02 +0000

Microsoft has introduced a new feature in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 22 Preview 3, citing popular demand. Read more...

Microsoft reveals plans for SQL Server Management Studio

Usama Jawad — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 17:12:02 +0000

Microsoft has revealed some details about what's next for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). Customers should expect multiple SSMS releases soon. Read more...

SQL Server Management Studio 18.6 now generally available

Hamza Jawad — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 20:58:01 +0000

With the latest release, key fixes have been introduced, including crash fixes for database diagrams and backpac file importing. Further improvements have been brought to the application as well. Read more...

SQL Server Management Studio 18.5 now generally available

Hamza Jawad — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 09:16:01 +0000

The latest version has reached general availability a few months after the release of v18.4. It brings a bunch of new features and general bug fixes, along with more specific improvements. Read more...

SQL Server Management Studio 18.4 now generally available

Hamza Jawad — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 22:36:01 +0000

SQL Server Management Studio version 18.4 offers full support for SQL Server 2019. Additionally, sqlpackage v18.4 has also been released, with the major upgrade being cross-platform support. Read more...

Latest preview of SQL Server 2017 released after having passed one million Docker pulls

Boyd Chan — Fri, 19 May 2017 09:44:02 +0000

After its debut six months ago, Microsoft has released the latest update for the public preview of SQL Server 2017 on Linux, with some early adopters already using it within production containers. Read more...