"An object explorer allows developers to easily make connections to their SQL servers and databases and explore the hierarchy of the SQL Server instance," Yu explained. "Users can also easily launch ...

Sometimes you become the accidental DBA, or you are the DBA by choice. Either way, you can choose to spend time working in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to look at things such as backups or the ...

Here are a few of my favourite secrets to make life easier in SSMS for SQL Server 2012. Multiplicity. The Object Explorer Details pane doesn’t show up by default, but you’ll definitely want to ...

Click the name of your SQL server in the Object Explorer pane to expose your databases. Select "user databases," then right-click the name of the database you want to restore (Source 1).