This tutorial shows how to create an Always On availability group for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) within multiple subnets. The complete tutorial creates a Windows Server Failover ...

An Azure subscription. Experience with deploying two managed instances within the same virtual network. A SQL Server subscriber, either on-premises or on an Azure VM. This tutorial uses an Azure VM.

When I joined the SQL Tools team as a PM back in October 2018, my top priority was to release SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 18. I expected a fair amount of work but didn’t realize how ...

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is the tool of choice for most developers working with SQL infrastructure and data. Microsoft recently released SSMS version 22, and in the past few months, it has ...

SQL Agent Fixed an issue where trying to edit a SQL Agent job step could have resulted in the SSMS UI freezing. See more here. Note that SSMS is now allowing viewing (View button) an output_file whose ...

Code completion is a popular and valuable technique for programmers who want to write clear, accurate, and reliable code without spending too much time. Usually, code completion helps save time on day ...

Microsoft shipped SQL Server Management Studio 22.7.0 on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, in what the team called one of the bigger point releases in the 22.x cycle. Database developers who have spent years ...