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.

When you want to retrieve data from a database, you ask for the data by using Structured Query Language, or SQL. SQL is a computer language that closely resembles English, but that database programs understand. Every query that you run uses SQL behind the scenes.

Note: 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.

This version of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) works with all supported versions of SQL Server 2008 through SQL Server 2017. It provides the greatest level of support for the latest cloud features in Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Data Warehouse.

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.

Welcome to release 18.8 of Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)! You can find full documentation about this release and previous releases here: SSMS documentation.

To run a query on a database server, use a pass-through query which is a Transact SQL (TSQL) statement that connects to SQL Server by using an ODBC connection string.

To update SQL Server 2022 on Linux to the latest CU, you must first have the Cumulative Update repository configured. Then, update your SQL Server packages by using the appropriate platform-specific update command.

To update SQL Server 2019 on Linux to the latest CU, you must first have the Cumulative Update repository configured. Then, update your SQL Server packages by using the appropriate platform-specific update command.

Welcome to release 18.7.1 of Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)! You can find full documentation about this release and previous releases here: SSMS documentation.