Brandon Lukes SSMS Tips and Tricks

Brandon Lukes brandon.lukes@microsoft.com 12+ years of SQL experience SQL Server Premier Field Engineer Indianapolis, IN 12+ years of SQL experience (Engine, SSRS, SSIS, Azure, PowerShell) Interests: HA/DR, performance, security, consolidation Hobbies: family, movies, gaming, beer

Agenda Management Studio Client Options Menu Formatting / Query Tips Random Helpful Stuff

Management Studio Client SSMS 17 is now a standalone installer https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssms/download-sql-server-management-studio-ssms Update notifications on taskbar Improved compatibility SQL on Windows, SQL on Linux, Azure Supports SQL 2008 – SQL 2017 (vNext) Limited support of SQL 2000, SQL 2005 Can be installed side by side with existing SSMS

Demo SSMS Tips and Tricks - SQLSaturday.docx

Links SSMS - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssms/sql-server-management-studio-ssms SSMS Shortcuts - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssms/sql-server-management-studio-keyboard-shortcuts SSMS Tutorial - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssms/tutorials/tutorial-sql-server-management-studio Blog - https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/sql_server_team/ Wide World Importers DB - https://github.com/Microsoft/sql-server-samples/tree/master/samples/databases/wide-world-importers

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