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I have MS SQL Server Management Studio installed on the server. It's 6.2.9200 version.
There is a new version of MS SQL Server Management Studio 6.3.9600.
How should I update the MS SQL Server Management Studio from 6.2.9200 to 6.3.9600? Shall simply install the .MSI and the studio updates to the latest version or should I take some kind of back-up for the 6.2.9200 before installing 6.3.9600?
As mentioned in the comments, SSMS is just a client tool that connects to the SQL server. SQL server Retains all the information including SA login and password.
You can remove, re-install the client tool without affecting any SQL Server or Database settings.
Note that You will need to re-enter the login and password (in your case SA login and Password) to connect to the database in your new SSMS client tool.
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Recently I came to know that Microsoft has launched a new application named as 'SQL operations Studio'. By going through its features page, I checked that all that features can also be provided by another existing Microsoft application named 'SQL Server Management Studio'.
Please let me know if there anything that can urge a developer to shift its focus from earlier to this new one.
'SQL Operations Studio' vs 'SQL Server Management Studio'.
If you're on Windows, then probably no. The big "feature" of SQL Operations Studio is that it's cross-platform.
SQL Operations Studio is a data management tool that enables you to work with SQL Server, Azure SQL DB and SQL DW from Windows, macOS and Linux.
https://github.com/Microsoft/sqlopsstudio
Apart from that, it's still in preview.
https://learn.microsoft.com/sv-se/sql/sql-operations-studio/download
I will also add a highly personal opinion:
SOS is to SSMS what VS Code is to VS.
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I'm working in a company and using previous employee's laptop, and when I try to open SQL Server Management Studio, it already has server that running but I can log in using Windows authentication.
I think it's because every employee has an ID that will be used as user for log in on the laptop, and now I can't log in into SQL Server Management Studio because I have a different user for Windows authentication.
If it's true then how can I log in into SQL Server Management Studio?
Thanks.
Without knowing how your SQL Server is setup you can log in using the following methods and setup your windows account:
Log in using SQL Server authentication such as the 'SA' account and setup your windows authentication.
If known, logon to the machine with the previous employee's account, login to the SSMS and setup your windows authentication, logout of windows and log back in with your account.
Request someone who has access (with relevant permissions) to set you up with access using windows authentication.
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I am start getting the following error today. Is this because of Azure services are down?
PDOException: SQLSTATE[IMSSP]: This extension requires either the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Native Client (SP1 or later) or the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Native Client ODBC Driver to communicate with SQL Server. Neither of those ODBC Drivers are currently installed. Access the following URL to download the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Native Client ODBC driver for x86:
No. That error indicates that you have a connection configuration/version issue. The error occurs before the call out to the service.
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I already have SQL Server 2008 R2 Developer edition on my laptop. One of the databases that we are using is SQL Server 2012. I can't modify the stored procedures. I have to log onto the server to use Management Studio 2012. It is kind of a pain. Is it worth putting a named instance on my local machine to use Management Studio 2012? What sort of problems might I run into?
If you only want to install Management Studio 2012 on your local machine you can do that without having to add another instance. Just start the install and select only the management tools when you get to the feature selection.
I'm actually doing it myself as I wanted to take advantage of some of the improvements in SSMS 2012. We don't have any production servers running 2012 yet, but I still do all my SSMS work in the 2012 version even on the older servers.
To answer your core question however, putting a second instance of a different version is fully supported by SQL. Microsoft doesn't have a 2012 version of this article yet but the information is likely to be pretty much the same for gotcha's and things to keep in mind about side by side installs.
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My new development pc is arriving tomorrow and I am assembling the software suite I will be installing on it.
Sadly SQL server is still a requirement, and I am installing the Sql 2012 Standard, as the Developer Version is a special version of the Sql Server Enterprise, which can be uncompatible in some cases.
So the question is:
How do I install SQL Server on a development pc in a whay that leaves minimal footprint on the computer, while still giving a fully usable environment for development?
The very minimum is to select Database Engine only during setup. If you use a the command line, select only SQLEngine feature. If you use the GUI setup, select only the Database Engine from the feature selection page. By installing Database Engine feature only you get the sqlservr.exe service,sqlcmd and bcp tools, network and service configuration applets... and not much else.
If you need other features, like SQL Server Management Studio, make sure you select those as well. Ditto for Replication, Fulltext, tools (eg. Profiler) etc etc.