Welcome to release 20.2.1 of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)! Full documentation for this release and for previous releases can be found here: SSMS documentation.

This update is made available through the Microsoft Update Catalog for all servers that are running SQL Server, even if Reporting Services is not installed. Installing this security update is optional for computers that do not host Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services.

Then, update your SQL Server packages by using the appropriate platform-specific update command. For installation instructions and direct links to the CU package downloads, see the SQL Server 2022 Release Notes.

This update is made available through the Microsoft Update Catalog for all servers that are running SQL Server, even if Power BI Report Server is not installed.

Consider installing the latest version of the SQL Server OLE DB and ODBC drivers instead of using the native SQL Server drivers that ship with Windows. Not only are the newer drivers faster, but they support new features in Azure SQL that the previous drivers don't.

Describes the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 18.8 release.

In just a few clicks, you can use the SQL Server installer to install or download Evaluation, Developer, and Express editions of SQL Server 2016.

This update is made available through the Microsoft Update Catalog for all servers that are running SQL Server, even if Reporting Services is not installed. Installing this security update is optional for computers that do not host Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services.

When you try to install Microsoft SQL Server 2012 or SQL Server 2014 on a server that has Transport Layer Security (TLS) version 1.2 enabled, you may encounter the following issues: Wait on the Database Engine recovery handle failed. Check the SQL Server error log for potential causes.

This Knowledge Base article lists links to build number articles for each major release of Microsoft SQL Server from SQL Server 2005 through the latest version of SQL Server.