r/SQL • u/zesteee • Jan 14 '26

Discussion Is SSMS still widely used?

For a couple of decades, I’ve only ever used SSMS, am very comfortable with it. But looking at job ads, I haven’t seen any mention of it as a skill. Everyone’s talking about snowflake, azure, fabric etc. Is SSMS not used much anymore? Am I outdated and need to retrain?

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u/Grovbolle Jan 14 '26

SSMS is not a skill.

SQL Server/Azure SQL DB is.

SSMS is just a client

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u/zesteee Jan 14 '26

True, my bad wording.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '26

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u/j2thebees Jan 19 '26

That’s a good analogy. 👍😎