What is Azure Data Studio?

Azure Data Studio might be a cross-Platform database apparatus for data professionals utilizing the Microsoft group of on-premises and cloud information stages on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Azure Data Studio offers a contemporary editor experience with IntelliSense, code snippets, source control integration, and an integrated terminal. It's engineered with the info platform user in mind, with the built-in charting of query result sets and customizable dashboards.

The source code for Azure Data Studio and its data providers is out there on GitHub under a scours code file EULA that gives rights to switch and use the software but does not redistribute it or host it during a cloud service. For more information.

 SQL code editor with IntelliSense

Azure Data Studio offers a contemporary, console centered SQL coding experience that makes your ordinary assignments simpler with worked in highlights, similar to various tab windows, an upscale SQL supervisor, IntelliSense, watchword culmination, code scraps, code route, and source control reconciliation (Git). Run on-request SQL questions, view, and spare outcomes as content, JSON, or Excel. Edit data, organize your favorite database connections, and browse database objects during a familiar object browsing experience. to find out the way to use the SQL editor,

Smart SQL code snippets

SQL code snippets generate the right SQL syntax to make databases, tables, views, stored procedures, users, logins, roles, and to update existing database objects. Utilize smart snippets to quickly create copies of your database for development or testing purposes, and to get and execute CREATE and INSERT scripts. Azure Data Studio also provides functionality to make custom SQL code snippets. to find out more

Customizable Server and Database Dashboards

Create rich customizable dashboards to watch and quickly troubleshoot performance bottlenecks in your databases. to find out about insight widgets, and database (and server) dashboards, see Manage servers and databases with insight widgets.

Connection management (server groups)

Server groups provide how to arrange connection information for the servers and databases you're employed with. For details, see Server groups.

Integrated Terminal

Utilize your favorite command-line tools (for instance, Bash, PowerShell, sqlcmd, bcp, and ssh) inside the Integrated Terminal window directly inside the Azure Data Studio interface to find out about the integrated terminal

Extensibility and extension authoring

 Enhance the Azure Data Studio experience by extending the functionality of the bottom installation. Azure Data Studio provides extensibility points for data management activities and support for extension authoring. To learn about extensibility in Azure Data Studio, see Extensibility. to find out about authoring extensions, see Extension authoring.

Feature comparison with SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

Use Azure Data Studio if you:

• got to run on macOS or Linux
• Are connecting to a SQL Server 2019 big data cluster
• Spend most of some time editing or executing queries
• Need the power to quickly chart and visualize result sets
• Can execute most administrative tasks via the integrated terminal use sqlcmd or Powershell
• Have a minimal need for wizard experiences
• Don't get to do deep administrative configuration

Use SQL Server Management Studio if you:

• Spend most of some time on database administration tasks
• do deep administrative configuration
• do security management, including user management, vulnerability assessment, and configuration of security measures
• Make utilization of the Reports for SQL Server Query Store
• got to make use of performance tuning advisors and dashboards
• do Import/Export of DACPACs * Need access to Registered Servers and need to regulate SQL Server services on Windows