Tech riderRev. 22 Sept 2026
SQL Server Management Studio
- 1Runs onWindows
- 2CostsNot stated by the maker
- 3Deployment modelself-hosted
- 4Supported database enginesSQL Server, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines, SQL database in Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse Analytics
- 5High availability managementYes
- 6Roles and permissionsYes
5 lines stated Written from the maker's own pages: learn.microsoft.com
Overview
SQL Server Management Studio is ranked #20 of 23 in database administration tools on Specifiction. It runs on Windows.
Compared on database administration tools
- Free plan
- Yeslearn.microsoft.com
- Deployment model
- self-hostedlearn.microsoft.com
- Supported database engines
- SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines, SQL database in Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse Analyticslearn.microsoft.com
- High availability management
- Yeslearn.microsoft.com
- Roles and permissions
- Yeslearn.microsoft.com
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