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SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 21 is now generally available (GA)

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May 19, 2025

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 21 GA is now available

Today we are thrilled to announce the general availability release of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 21! After months of hard work, collaboration, and feedback-driven development, SSMS 21 is her...
Updated May 19, 2025
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May 29, 2025

Thom_A​ Thanks for your feedback.  For clarification, when we state that SSMS 20 is no longer supported, it means that if you find a problem in SSMS 20 then we will fix in the current release (SSMS 21) and not back port it to a SSMS 20 release.  We don't block customers from using SSMS 20 (or earlier releases) and we recognize that many customers (and companies) cannot immediately update to the newest release.  

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Jul 07, 2025

erinstellato​ Can you please clarify the documentation about that topic? Currently it states that no other SSMS version but the latest major version get security updates. Combined with the SSIS as preview-only and the typical "Class not registered" on connecting to older SQL Server Integration Services version, this is a disaster.