1. SQL Operations Studio A Test Drive
Jay Robinson
SQL Saturday #745, Indianapolis

2. Summary
How does SQL Operations Studio fit within Microsoft's suite of tools?
What were its design goals? How did they achieve those?
What can it do? What can't it do?
What does it actually look like and how does it behave?
How do we stay informed and involved?

3. Your Driver Jay Robinson
Jay earned his MCSD and MCSE way back in 1999, getting certified on SQL Server 6.5 and 2000 along the way. A nice and quiet career as a developer followed...
And then he came to ExactTarget (now the Salesforce Marketing Cloud) in 2008 and found out what real databases were like!
Obsessed with speed, when he’s not writing code that makes big data go fast, he’s talking about it at IndyPASS, SQL Saturdays, and other PASS events.
Jay Robinson
@downshiftdata
downshiftdata.arksoftware.net

5. The Rear-View Mirror
SQL Server Management Studio and SQL Server Data Tools are...
"...not going away"
15 years old! 2.5mil active users!
"...not a point of innovation"
Because Linux
Source: Ken Van Microsoft Build 2018

6. Design Goals
Cross-Platform +
Modern
Open Source

7. So How Do We Build This?
1. Let's fork Visual Studio Code (
source: Google Trends search for "vscode"

8. #vscode on Twitter
"After some 20 years since I left the Microsoft ecosystem for Linux/Mac, it took #vscode to impress me again, lightweight, portable, configurable and with real git and docker integration after a couple of clicks."
"Seriously unit testing with #vscode is a fantastic experience. Being able to run and debug individual tests right from the editor is a game changer. team!"
"Never thought that I would someday use MS dev tools on my Macbook. But MS did a fantastic job with VS @Code. Lean, fast, stable, integrated git and terminal. Love it. Sorry, Atom, but we have to go separate ways now. #vscode"
"This really blows me away. Debugging #Nodejs app running in Windows #Docker container from #vscode w/ sourcecode on Mac."
"I just switched from Sublime Text to #vscode, easy transition and great improvements"

9. So How Do We Build This?
2. Let's also keep it in sync with vscode

10. DEMO

11. Extensibility Insight Extensions User Interface Extensions
Data Service Extensions
and coming soon...
the Extension Marketplace

12. DEMO

13. It's all about the Community!
Go to sqlslack.com for an invite

15. Some Random Final Thoughts
Command Palette: Ctrl+Shift+P
Right-click the gear, select "Keyboard Shortcuts"
Same RegEx Engine as Visual Studio Code:
Alias Support:

16. Thank You!
Jay Robinson
@downshiftdata | | downshiftdata.arksoftware.net