Use Object Explorer to view and manage all of the objects in one or more instances of SQL Server.
SQL Server Management Studio components Description You can still use SSMS on a Windows machine to connect to SQL Server on a Linux or Mac machine, but. SSMS a full-blown GUI management for SQL Server, and it provides many more features than Azure Data Studio and DBeaver (at least at the time of writing). SSMS provides a single comprehensive utility that combines a broad group of graphical tools with a number of rich script editors to provide access to SQL Server for developers and database administrators of all skill levels.Īnother limitation is that SQL Server Management Studio is not available on Mac or Linux. Use SSMS to access, configure, manage, administer, and develop all components of SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, and SQL Data Warehouse. SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is an integrated environment for managing any SQL infrastructure. APPLIES TO: SQL Server Azure SQL Database Azure Synapse Analytics (SQL DW) Parallel Data Warehouse
