Who Uses SQL Server Management Studio and Why

By: Haroon Ashraf

Who uses SQL Server Management Studio and Why

SQL Server Management Studio can be used to do many database and server related tasks with ease. It allows you to connect to SQL Server instances on-premises and in the cloud as well as connect to many different versions and editions of SQL Server.

Database Tasks Using SQL Server Management Studio

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) can be used to perform many database tasks including the following:

Quickly create or modify SQL database(s)
Add database objects including tables, views and stored procedures
Modify database objects including tables, views and stored procedures
Test database objects using external testing tools
Deploy databases to their respective onsite, remote or cloud based server environments
Query database(s) to get results
Optimize database(s) to improve response time
Manage databases such as backup, restore and maintenance plans
Import or export data
Generate database or their objects scripts
Backup databases
Restore databases

Server Tasks Using SQL Server Management Studio

There are also number of SQL server administration tasks which can be conveniently done by using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) including the following:

Connecting and registering onsite or remote servers
Managing users and logins for both server(s) and databases
Monitoring server activities through logs
Monitoring database performance
Monitoring SQL Server instance performance
Replicating data (a methodology to ensure databases remain in sync with one another)
Dropping and detaching databases and file groups
Scripting tools to write and run scripts to perform administrative tasks
Automating database management activities
Automating database maintenance plans
Registering servers for managed administration

SQL Server Management Studio Connectivity

The latest version of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) lets you connect to on-premises, remote and cloud based SQL databases and data warehouses. The cloud based SQL database is called Azure SQL database and SQL database warehouse hosted on cloud is called Azure SQL data warehouse.