Microsoft SQL Operations Studio is forked from Visual Studio Code, and hence is extremely light weight, customizable and easy to use. The amount of customization you can do are endless, and once you start playing with this tool you will realize its true potential. In this article, I will focus on a feature which has been one of the topmost request in the Connect site for SSMS – the Dark Theme.
SQL Server 2017
Getting started with Microsoft SQL Operations Studio
Today Microsoft announced the Public Preview of their free lightweight cross platform tool called as ‘SQL Operations Studio’. It runs on Windows, macOS and Linux for SQL Server, Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Data Warehouse. There was already a lot of excitement about this tool in the community after it was announced during the PASS Summit by Rohan Kumar.
Getting started with Microsoft SQL Server 2017
It’s been a week since PASS Summit 2017. It was a great conference with lot of informative sessions. Special mention to the awesome sessions by the Microsoft Tiger Team on SQL Server 2017. I tried attending most of these sessions… Read More ›
Microsoft SQL Operations Studio
One of the biggest highlights of SQL Server 2017 is its cross platform support – you can run your workloads on not only Windows, but also Linux and Docker containers. This enhances the need of a cross platform tool which can ideally replace SSMS in near future, if not at least assist Developers/DBAs who would require to work on multiple platforms and provide more in-built capabilities.
My PASS Summit 2017 Experience
All the excitement and countdown for attending PASS Summit is finally over, and I must say I had a great time attending my first PASS Summit this year. Three cheers to everyone in #SQLFamily who directly/indirectly contributed towards the success… Read More ›
PASS Summit Day 1 Microsoft Keynote – Recap
The Keynote from Microsoft Team was something which I was looking forward to with an expectation to learn more about Microsoft investment in SQL Server, the latest innovations and see the latest & greatest feature set in SQL Server 2017. There were some nice takeaways for me from this session and I have noted them down in this blog post. If you want to listen to the Keynote, I think it is also available in PASS TV.
Built in XEvent Profiler in SSMS v17.3
With the release of SSMS v17.3, Microsoft has introduced the all new XEvent Profiler in the Object Explorer right inside SQL Server Management Studio which displays a live viewer of Extended Events. XEvent Profiler is built on top of the Extended Events technology and is an honest attempt by Microsoft to move the developers still using SQL Profiler to adopt the new XEvent Profiler.
DevSpace Conference 2017 Recap
DevSpace is an annual developer’s conference that takes place in Huntsville, Alabama. DevSpace offers talks on a variety of languages, offering attendees the ability to improve their skills within their daily technology of choice and the ability to become familiar with new technologies.
Import Flat File Wizard in SSMS 17.3
Couple of days back on 10th October, the Microsoft SQL Server Team announced the release of the next version of SQL Server Management Studio 17.3. I downloaded the latest version and started playing around with the new features. One thing which I was interested to check out was the new ‘Import Flat File’ wizard which promises to improve/simplify the import experience of flat files to SQL Server.
Speaking at Gulf Coast Code Camp 2017
The Gulf Coast Code Camp is a free one-day code camp being held at the University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama. This will be Mobile’s largest technical event in 2017 and a great networking opportunity. There will be quality talks on Web Development, Cloud Technologies, DevOps, Database, Front end technologies and more. If this interests you, make sure you register and also help spread the word in social media.
Increasing your Coding Speed in SQL Server Management Studio 2017
I had a great time speaking at Atlanta Code Camp 2017 yesterday. Thanks to all who came to my session. This was my 2nd time speaking at Atlanta Code Camp and I hope to be back next year. Thanks to the entire Organizing Team for making this event possible.
Searching in SQL Execution Plans – SSMS 17
SQL Server Management Studio 2017 gives us the ability to search on execution plans. If you want to look at say a particular table, index, index scan/seek operation in the execution plan, you can now just search for those operators in the execution plan.
SSMS 17: Built-in Performance Dashboard Reports
SQL Server Performance Dashboard Reports are used to monitor and resolve performance issues in your Database Server. They are generally targeted towards a Database Administrator, and enabling them to quickly identify any performance bottlenecks in the system, gather diagnostic information that can potentially help to resolve the issue.
Speaking at Atlanta Code Camp 2017
Atlanta Code Camp is the largest developer community event in Atlanta. This is a great opportunity to hear from the best speakers around, including many Microsoft MVPs and networking with the awesome developer community in and around Atlanta.
SSMS 2017 – Number of affected rows
SQL Server Management Studio is an integrated environment for managing any SQL infrastructure, from SQL Server to SQL Database. SSMS 17.2 is the latest version of SQL Server Management Studio. It provides support for almost all features on SQL Server 2008 through SQL Server 2017.