Azure Data Studio

The Way Developers and Users Interact is Broken.

Last Updated March 24, 2021

Azure Data Studio, SQL Server Management Studio

This month, to mark the 20th anniversary of BrentOzar.com, I’m stepping back and looking at the big picture rather than blogging about database problems & solutions like I usually do. Twenty years ago, I tried to switch to Linux. Again. That wasn’t my first attempt, nor was it my last – there were so many…

SSMS v18 and Azure Data Studio: The Golden Age of SQL Server Tooling

Last Updated April 27, 2019

Brent Ozar

Azure Data Studio

Yesterday, SQL Server Management Studio 18.0 shipped. Here’s the official announcement, the download page, and the release notes. Yes, it’s still free, and yes, they’re still adding features. Yes, they removed database diagrams and the debugger. (Update Apr 27: if you want the debugger, use Visual Studio – download.) No, SSMS 18 doesn’t run on…

How to See Execution Plans in Azure Data Studio

Last Updated October 23, 2018

Brent Ozar

Azure Data Studio, Execution Plans

Azure Data Studio is Microsoft’s cross-platform tool for T-SQL developers. It’s still relatively young, so it has some missing areas of functionality. When you run DMV queries to look at query plans, they show up as XML, which isn’t very friendly. For example, here I’m running sp_BlitzCache in my Azure SQL DB: It works, but…

Azure Data Studio

The Way Developers and Users Interact is Broken.

SSMS v18 and Azure Data Studio: The Golden Age of SQL Server Tooling

How to See Execution Plans in Azure Data Studio

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