Intro to SQL Operations Studio Eric Flamm Flamm Consulting, Inc. Intro to SQL Operations Studio

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Agenda Intro About SQL Operations Studio Demos Resources Q & A

About Me Independent Business Intelligence/Analytics Consultant MCP: Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Presented at SQL Saturday Atlanta and Chicago, Code Camp, AWS Meetup, WordCamp Active Volunteer with Atlanta Microsoft Database Forum (local PASS Chapter) Organizing Committee for Atlanta SQL Saturday since 2010 Contact Info: E-mail: eric@flammconsulting.com Mobile: (678) 524-4256 Twitter: @eflamm Web: www.flammconsulting.com

Poll Heard of SQL Ops Studio? Used SQL Ops Studio? Used SQL Ops Studio on Linux? Used SQL Ops Studio in Production?

0.29.3 SQL Operations Studio was announced for Public Preview on November 15th 2017 May Public Preview (Released May 7 2018)

About SQL Operations Studio Home Page: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/sql-operations-studio/what-is Built on Electron Shell using Python on Node.js Spin-off from Visual Studio Code project (but with a more focused audience) Significant backlog of features and issues to resolve before GA in July. GA has slipped from June to July since March preview dropped. June Public Preview is scheduled for June 20

SQL Operations Studio – Key Features Modern light-weight shell with theming, user settings, full screen support, integrated terminal and numerous other features Cross-Platform DB management for Windows, macOS and Linux SQL Server Connection Management with Connection Dialog, Server Groups, Azure Integration and Registered Servers Object Explorer supporting schema browsing and contextual command execution T-SQL Query Editor with advanced coding features such as autosuggestions, error diagnostics, tooltips, formatting and peek definition (more…)

SQL Operations Studio – Key Features Query Results Viewer with advanced data grid supporting large result sets, export to JSON\CSV\Excel, query plan and charting Management Dashboard supporting customizable widgets with drill-through actionable insights Visual Data Editor that enables direct row insertion, update and deletion into tables Task History window to view current task execution status, completion results with error messages and task T-SQL scripting Scripting support to generate CREATE, SELECT, ALTER and DROP statements for database objects Workspaces with full Git integration and Find In Files support to managing T-SQL script libraries

SQL Ops Studio – Use Cases Emerging product – NOT feature complete T-SQL focused Intellisense Templates Query Plan Connection Management SQL Server, Azure SQL, Azure Data Warehouse Cross-Platform Extensible

How to Get SQL Ops Studio Windows – Download and run the installer from aka.ms/sqlopsstudio (linked as Download page) Linux – Depends on the distro – download the appropriate package, update the package store, and install with yum or apt‐get – instructions for popular distros are on the download page Mac – download the Zip file, expand it and drag sqlops.app to the Applications folder sudo yum install ~/Downloads/sqlops-linux-0.26.7 Not really sure why the downloads are stored in AWS – maybe Github doesn’t support Azure file storage?

SQL OPS Roadmap Documented as “Milestones” on Github March Preview – 3/27/2018 April Preview – 4/23/2018 May “Build” Release – 5/7/2018 June “GA” Release – 6/12/2018 June Public Preview – 6/20/2018 July “GA” Release – 7/18/2018 Milestones comprise designated issues documented on Github. Presumably, some issues are already being deferred to releases subsequent to GA date.

Demos Create a SQL Server Connection Object Create a database Create a table Load some data (from .csv file) Retrieve some data Save results to JSON file View data as chart Add the “5 slowest queries” widget Enable “Table Space Usage” widget Install and use Redgate SQL Search extension Whoisactive Extension Demos – Just use Windows on laptop to demo 1)

SQL Ops Studio – Connection Settings "options": { "server": "sqlopsdemo.database.windows.net", "database": "", "authenticationType": "SqlLogin", "user": "eflamm", "password": "", "connectTimeout": 30, "applicationName": "sqlops", "groupId": "a5a6664c-a6d1-4c36-9db6-f8e7411669d6", "databaseDisplayName": "" }, "providerName": "MSSQL", "savePassword": false, "id": "c402b121-626d-4568-be67-67dfb867ee4c"

SQL Ops Studio – Dashboard Settings "name": "Tasks", "gridItemConfig": { "sizex": 2, "sizey": 2}, "widget": { "table-space-db-insight": null} }, { "sizex": 1, "explorer-widget": {} }

Resources Github Repo: https://github.com/Microsoft/SqlOpsStudio SQL Blog: https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2018/05/08/the-may-release-of-sql-operations-studio-is-now-available/ Official FAQ: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/sql-operations-studio/faq Robert Cain’s Walkthrough (from Dec 2017 – a bit dated): https://www.red-gate.com/simple-talk/sql/sql-tools/walk-around-sql-operations-studio/

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