http://blogs.msdn.com/bonniefe/archive/2009/04/02/vs-ssms-settings-and-the-fault-retry-functionality.aspxDoug Holland (a C# MVP) has opened two work items in Connect. The first one is about being able to share settings between VS and SSMS for those of us who do both DBA and developer work. You shouldn't have to specify font, color, or tab settings twice,enCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)