{"id":505,"date":"2015-07-06T07:53:21","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T12:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sqlfreelancer.com\/blog\/?p=505"},"modified":"2015-07-06T07:53:21","modified_gmt":"2015-07-06T12:53:21","slug":"sql-server-management-studio-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlfreelancer.com\/blog\/sql-server-management-studio-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"SQL Server Management Studio 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio is a product I use throughout the day, every day. I\u2019ve tried using other environments to access and manage SQL Server, but SSMS is what I learned using and what I always go back to. The problem with SSMS was that you couldn\u2019t download it individually. You always had to have a licensed copy of SQL Server or install SQL Server Express with Tools to get this\u2026..until now!<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft has finally released a standalone download of SSMS. This release supports SQL Server 2016 through SQL Server 2005. It also provides the greatest level of support when working with Azure.<\/p>\n<p>Some enhancements include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New SSMS Installer &#8211; SSMS can now be installed with a light weight stand-alone web installer.<\/li>\n<li>SSMS Updates &#8211; Receive notification within SSMS when new updates are available, and choose to install them at your convenience.<\/li>\n<li>Enhanced SSMS support for Azure SQL Database \u2013 Several fixes and enhancements, including expanded SQL Server Management Objects (SMO) coverage, and an updated Import\/Export wizard.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let\u2019s step through the install:<\/p>\n<p>Download the SSMS-Web-Setup.exe from <a href=\"https:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/mt238290.aspx?f=255&amp;MSPPError=-2147217396\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Start the install, agree to the license terms, and click Install.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlfreelancer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SSMS-2015-SQL-Freelancer.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-506 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlfreelancer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SSMS-2015-SQL-Freelancer.png\" alt=\"SSMS 2015 SQL Freelancer\" width=\"504\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sqlfreelancer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SSMS-2015-SQL-Freelancer.png 504w, https:\/\/www.sqlfreelancer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SSMS-2015-SQL-Freelancer-300x231.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It should take a few minutes, but once this completes restart your computer and that\u2019s it! Easy install.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlfreelancer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SSMS-2015-SQL-Freelancer-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlfreelancer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SSMS-2015-SQL-Freelancer-2.png\" alt=\"SSMS 2015 SQL Freelancer 2\" width=\"504\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sqlfreelancer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SSMS-2015-SQL-Freelancer-2.png 504w, https:\/\/www.sqlfreelancer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SSMS-2015-SQL-Freelancer-2-300x233.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio is a product I use throughout the day, every day. I\u2019ve tried using other environments to access and manage SQL Server, but SSMS is what I learned using and what I always go back to. The problem with SSMS was that you couldn\u2019t download it individually. You always had to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94,52],"tags":[39],"class_list":["post-505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-development","category-sql-server-management-studio","tag-ssms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlfreelancer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlfreelancer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlfreelancer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlfreelancer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlfreelancer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlfreelancer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":508,"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlfreelancer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505\/revisions\/508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlfreelancer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlfreelancer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sqlfreelancer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}