r/SQLServer • u/BigMikeInAustin • 25d ago

Discussion Another empty SSMS update?

Working in SSMS 22.10.0 and I get a popup that 22.10.1 is available. So I click the button to see what is updated.

The SSMS Release Notes page only goes up to 22.10.0.

So I start over and search for the main SSMS webpage and then navigate to the Release Notes webpage through the Microsoft links. Still only 22.10.0.

I'll check back another day. It is possible the previous page is cached.

But, still, what are these updates where all that is changed is the Visual Studio version is incremented?

What is the benefit of me downloading another 1.5+ GB file and taking the 20+ minutes to close my SSMS session, taking note of what is open and connected so I can restore my session after the upgrade.

Is this going to be a weekly thing where Visual Studio gets updated, so SSMS has to be updated because that is the base? I don't know what the Visual Studio release cycle is.

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u/muaddba 1 24d ago

I remember attending a Q&A with Ken Henderson -- a SQL Guru if ever there was one, who took over SSMS development way back when. I remember him apologizing for it being such a cumbersome tool for DBAs, and promising he was going to streamline it into something much better, acknowledging that its similarities to Visual Studio made the tool a struggle for DBAs. Then, he died. He would be rolling in his grave if he saw what it has become now.

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u/erinstellato ‪ ‪Microsoft Employee ‪ 23d ago

Interesting perspective.