Introducing new and improved updates to SQL tools on Azure


In this post, we’ll recap the updates to SQL tools over the past few months, including the recent releases of Azure Data Studio and SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). Additionally, we’ll highlight the Data-Tier Application Framework (DacFx) 160 general availability and changes to the MSSQL extension for VS Code. Lastly, we will introduce a major update in the Azure SQL migration extension.

SQL Server Management Studio 18.11

SSMS 18.11 adds support for creating ledger tables, viewing the history table, and scripting support for ledger objects in Azure SQL Database, as well as the capability to review trace files from Analysis Services (version