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Automation in Azure Using Elastic Database Jobs

If you are an old hand at Microsoft SQL Server, you have probably used the SQL Server Agent (i.e., SQL Agent) service and MSDB database for the last 20 years. With a humble and largely unchanged ...
techtarget

Azure Data Studio (formerly SQL Operations Studio)

Azure Data Studio is a free Microsoft desktop tool, initially called SQL Operations Studio, that can be used to manage SQL Server databases and cloud-based Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Data ...
techtimes

SSMS 22.7 Ships: Native T-SQL Formatting and Copilot Agent Mode Now in Preview

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 ...
Redmond

Microsoft Releases SSMS 22.9.0 with Expanded SQL Server Management Updates

Microsoft releases SQL Server Management Studio 22.9.0 with GitHub Copilot, Database DevOps and SQL formatting enhancements. GitHub Copilot Ask Mode now generates reviewable T-SQL scripts, while Agent ...