One Way to Install SSMS v22 (Preview 3)

In this post I describe how to install SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) version 22, which is in preview at the time of this writing. Get the Bits To begin: Visit the Microsoft Learn article titled Install SQL Server Management Studio Click the link labeled “Download SSMS 22 Preview”: Remember where you save the file: …
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SSMS 20.2 Update Resolves Certificate Chain Not Trusted with SSIS and SQL Agent

I’m reading Announcing SSMS 20.2 … and getting feedback for SSMS 21 by Erin Stellato (LinkedIn) on the SQL Server Blog and this fix caught my eye: SSIS and SQL Agent – many customers ran into a connection error (“The certificate chain was issued by an authority that is not trusted”) in SQL Agent when trying …
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One Way to Build an SSMS Database Solution – Add a Stored Procedure and the Build

This is the fourth post in a series named One Way to Build an SSMS Database Solution. Please find additional posts: One Way to Build an SSMS Database Solution – Introduction One Way to Build an SSMS Database Solution – Add a New Query One Way to Build an SSMS Database Solution – Add a …
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One Way to Build an SSMS Database Solution – Add a Table and a View

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One Way to Build an SSMS Database Solution – Add a New Query

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One Way to Build an SSMS Database Solution – Introduction

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View Azure Blob Storage Containers in SSMS

SQL Server Management Studio – SSMS – supports viewing the contents of Azure Blob Storage containers. Connect to a Azure Blob Storage Container To connect, open the latest version of SSMS, open Object Explorer, and click the Connect dropdown in the Object Explorer menu: Select “Azure Storage…” to start the connection process. The Connect to …
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SSIS in SSMS Version 18: Try SSIS in Azure Data Factory

There’s a new option when you right-click the Integration Services Catalogs node in SSMS v18: “Try SSIS in Azure Data Factory”: Clicking the “Try SSIS in Azure Data Factory” option in SSMS v18 opens the (new) Integration Runtime Creation Wizard (ISIRCreationWizard.exe, which is found in the <installation drive>:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 18\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\SSIS\150\Binn directory): …
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