I use AI tools constantly in my work, so when the new SSMS v21 came out with Copilot support, I was excited to try it. The short story is that the user interface is fine, and it doesn’t feel buggy, but the advice is simply terrible compared to other LLMs due to the prompt Copilot is using. You’re better off using tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude directly for now.
Now, for the long story:
When I’m working with clients, I’ll often show them how to prompt AI tools to get quick starting points for rewriting code. For example, here’s a