![]() ![]() In the new age of “evergreen products”, a lot of the Microsoft product teams are using the new download-on-demand approach as the primary means to distribute client, design and development tools that tend to be updated frequently. The reason these tools are installed separately now is so Microsoft can update them more frequently and you don’t need to wait for the next product release to get the latest version. These take you to the web – and, yes, you need to either get to the Internet from your server or download them from another PC to a network share or portable media. If you go back to the Installation Center and look down a little on the Installation page, you’ll see two new links. SSMS and SSDT are still supported in SQL Server 2016 but they’re just not installed with the SQL Server media anymore. Holy crap, what’s going on? Is SSMS no longer supported? Do I have to pay for a copy of Toad or start using SQLCMD? Do we have to install a retail copy of Visual Studio on our server? WHAT DO WE DO?įirst of all, stop freaking out, take your blood pressure medicine and hold your horses. You even start looking for the executables in case setup got screwed-up ad didn’t create the application shortcuts.so is SSDT. ![]() ![]() Seriously, SQL Server Management Studio is nowhere to be found. You look for SSMS and, what the heck? it’s not there. So, you just installed SQL Server 2016 and you’re pretty sure you chose the options to install the client tools and all the components you needed. ![]()
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