People began to anthropomorphize him. They left little comments in the schema like notes on a kitchen fridge: -- Atlas, please don't rearrange column order; or -- Don't tell anyone about the sandbox data. Developers argued about whether these jottings were whimsical or unprofessional. Mara, who had grown to treat Atlas like a quiet colleague, defended the comments as morale.
SSMS 2019 was built to natively expose and manage the groundbreaking features packaged inside the SQL Server 2019 database engine. Big Data Clusters (BDC) Integration sql server management studio 2019 new
SSMS 2019 introduced substantial improvements for developers and DBAs: People began to anthropomorphize him
SQL Server 2019 expanded PolyBase to support data virtualization across external sources like MongoDB, Oracle, Teradata, and Cosmos DB. SSMS 2019 updates the Object Explorer to display these external data sources explicitly, allowing administrators to create and manage external tables through intuitive graphical wizards. Azure SQL Managed Instance Support Mara, who had grown to treat Atlas like
: Open SSMS and use the connection wizard to link to your SQL Server 2019 instance using Windows or SQL Server Authentication. Microsoft Learn Maintenance & Lifecycle
: In a world moving to 4K monitors, the old SSMS interface was blurry and broken. SSMS 18 introduced High-DPI support by default
expanded with support for SQL versions back to 2008, Azure SQL Database Managed Instance support for SQL Assessment API, and critical bug fixes including resolution of a long-standing issue where SSMS could hang indefinitely when restoring databases.