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Best Practices July 24, 2014 1 min read

For proven in-memory technology without costly add-ons, migrate your Oracle databases to SQL Server 2014

Today, we are making available a new version of SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA), a free tool to help customers migrate their existing Oracle databases to SQL Server 2014.

Updates November 21, 2016 3 min read

Source Control in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

This post was written by Ken Van Hyning, Engineering Manager, SQL Server Client Tools.

Announcements October 10, 2017 2 min read

What’s new in SQL Server Management Studio 17.3

We are excited to announce the release of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 17.

Updates December 11, 2017 2 min read

What’s new in SSMS 17.4: SQL Vulnerability Assessment

This post is co-authored by Ronit Reger, Senior Program Manager, SQL Data Security.

Announcements February 20, 2018 1 min read

What’s new in SSMS 17.5: Data Discovery and Classification

We are excited to announce the release of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 17.

Updates March 20, 2018 2 min read

SSMS 17.6 is now available: Managed Instance and many bug fixes

Download SSMS 17.6 and review the Release Notes to get started.

Updates May 9, 2018 2 min read

SSMS 17.7 is now available

This post is co-authored by Sandy Winarko, Principal PM, SQL Server.

Updates June 21, 2018 2 min read

SSMS 17.8 is now available

This post is co-authored by Pam Lahoud, Senior Program Manager, SQL Server.

Updates September 5, 2018 3 min read

SSMS 17.9 is now available

Update: SQL Server Management Studio 18.

Updates October 3, 2018 2 min read

SSMS 18.0 public preview released

We are very excited to announce the public preview of SQL Server Management Studio 18.

Updates November 15, 2018 1 min read

SSMS 18.0 Public Preview 5 released

We are very excited to announce the release of Public Preview 5 of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 18.

Updates November 21, 2018 1 min read

SSMS 17.9.1 is now generally available

Update: SQL Server Management Studio 18.

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