Hi SSMS community! It's been a bit since I posted an update about SSMS, but that's only because the SSMS team has been hard at work getting some big updates put together. While I don't have a release to share with you today, I wanted to get you excited about what's coming up soon for SSMS. Read on for more details!
SSMS 21.5 Updates
We have released several updates in the months following the SSMS 21 GA release. Those updates largely focused on customer feedback submitted via our new Developer Community site, and the upcoming 21.5 release will be no exception. We've got a lineup of much-anticipated bug fixes coming, including updates to the connection dialog, the database properties view, and the results grid. We've also done some work to improve performance and reliability and added additional fields and functionality to the connection dialog.
SSMS 22 Preview Coming Soon
You can expect to see an updated splash screen when you first load SSMS 22 Preview.Surprise! We are beyond pleased to announce that we have the first preview of SSMS 22 coming out soon. As was the case with SSMS 21, you can expect multiple previews to be released with regular frequency. This regular preview cadence allows us to work on implementation of new features as well as addressing any feedback items we receive.
A few features you can expect to see in the upcoming Preview 1 include:
- Additional support for SQL Server 2025 syntax
- Zoom the results grid
- Additional visual themes
- Initial support for unified settings
A more complete list of features we're looking to land in upcoming releasees of SSMS 22 can be found on our Roadmap.
We are extremely excited to deliver these previews to you and appreciate your support and patience throughout this journey. The opportunity to download the first preview will be available soon - so stay tuned for the official announcement.
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