SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is the principal interface for working with Microsoft SQL Server. However, many subtleties of this powerful tool evade even the most seasoned professionals.

Now it's an AI database specialist, acting upon human language instructions. "Copilot in SSMS will start with a chat for the Query Editor, leveraging both connection and database context to answer ...

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Figure 2. The same query as executed in SQL Server Management Studio. (Click image to view larger version.) Obviously, SSMS offers some features that PowerShell doesn't, such as the handy Object ...