Connection Loss Errors in SSMS query editor Under various situations, connection loss errors in Query editor can cause SQL Server to drop the connection with the Client. Details regarding connection drop errors when working with on-premise server instances...

This is part 2 of a two part blog series that my colleague Vatsalya Agrawal wrote up on the new tool called Recovery Advisor. Recovery Advisor is a new tool, that we have introduced to make restoring databases easier for users. -- MS SQL Server has capability...

Vatsalya Agrawal is a colleague of mine, in the test team at SQL Server Manageability. This is part 1 of a two part series that he has written, on Recovery Advisor. This is a new tool, that we have introduced to make restoring databases easier for users...

In an earlier Denali CTP, we had introduced a mechanism for customers to delete the un-used/not required server names from the drop down in connection box in SSMS. There has been a big customer ask for helping them remove the redundant server names from...

In SQL Server Code Named “Denali” CTP3, we introduced some enhancements in the way we handled keyboard shortcuts in SSMS. My colleague Prachi Bora, a PM in the SQL Server Manageability team, has a crisp blog write-up on what’s new and...

Today we announced the next public CTP of Microsoft SQL Server Code Name “Denali". Download links are here . We are also excited to release SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1. Download links are here . You can gather a quick overview of what's new in these two...