#Sql server client tools 2016 install#
#Sql server client tools 2016 driver#

Exposed new properties on configuration/server/database objects.Extend SQL Server Management Objects (SMO) support for resumable index creation.

SLO/Edition/MaxSize database properties now accept custom names, making it easier to support future editions of Azure SQL Databases.Support for SQL 2019 РІР‚вЂњ This is the first release of SSMS that will be fully aware of SQL Server 2019 (compatibility level 150).

#Sql server client tools 2016 driver#

SSMS ships with MS Object Linking and Embedding Database (OLEDB) driver.

#Sql server client tools 2016 install#

SSMS allows installing in a language other than the OS РІР‚вЂњ You can now, for example, install SSMS German on a French Windows (Note: if the OS language does not match the SSMS language, the user needs to change the language under Tools | Options | International Settings).With SSMS 18, you can install SSMS in any folder and the option is available from both command line and the setup UI. SSMS can be installed in a custom folder РІР‚вЂњ This has been a long standing request.Updated Visual Studio 2017 isolated shell РІР‚вЂњ We picked up the latest shell from Visual Studio (VS) that unlocks all the accessibility fixes that end in both SSMS and VS as well as the latest security fixes that went into VS.Smaller download size РІР‚вЂњ WeРІР‚в„ўve taken SSMS 18 on a diet and brought it down to half the size of SSMS 17.x.SQL Server Management Studio improvements You can also refer to the full SQL Server Management Studio 18 Release NotesР’В for all details. For the sake of completeness, as well as to recognize all the fantastic work the SSMS team has done, IРІР‚в„ўd like to highlight all the cool stuff weРІР‚в„ўve brought to you across all the preview releases including the incremental work between Preview 7 and GA. Some of you may have been following the journey, and some not. We will continue to bring cool features into both SQL Server Management Studio as well as Azure Data Studio as it makes sense. Ideally, we want to ship a product thatРІР‚в„ўs better than the version its replacing. We were very close to getting the release out multiple times, until some ship blocker showed up at the last minute and we had to bail. You can download SQL Server Management Studio 18 today. among many others, and after 5 previews, I am very excited to share that SSMS 18 is now generally available. 6 months later, having passed several internal checks such as accessibility, privacy, security, compliance, etc. I expected a fair amount of work but didnРІР‚в„ўt realize how complicated the process would be. When I joined the SQL Tools team as a PM back in October 2018, my top priority was to release SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 18.