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SQL Server Management Studio 2025 announced |
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Microsoft have announced the next version of their editing environment for SQL Server Management Studio, including the integration of Copilot and (finally) a dark theme. |
On November 6th Microsoft announced the release of a preview edition of SSMS 2025 and also of Copilot within SSMS (except the new version of SQL Server Management Studio is actually version 21, apparently). Here's a quick summary of what this will include:
Feature | Notes |
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A new shell | SSMS 21 is written using a Visual Studio 2022 shell (rather than a VS 2015 one), which means that some new VS 2022 features like vertical tabs will become available. |
Git integration | Microsoft say that "long-time SSMS users will be thrilled to see the return of Git integration in SSMS 21 Preview 1". Who knew? |
A dark theme | Personally I don't like dark themes - I like my backgrounds pale - but I know that many people prefer the contrast of a dark background. Microsoft say that they are "bringing proper support for dark theme to SSMS in a phased approach". |
Copilot | Copilot will help you to write your SQL, and also help you to fix problems and explain existing queries. |
It doens't look like my number one request for SSMS (I have a long list) is going to be met: when you double-click on a table or view I'd like to see the contents.
The big game-changer in the list of changes above will be Copilot, as this will allow you to use an AI tool which understands about the structure of your database, and knows the tables and columns that it contains.
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