SSMS 18.x finally introduced native High DPI support. This means if you’re using a 4K monitor or a modern laptop, the UI and text no longer look blurry or tiny—they scale correctly by default.
: Built on the Visual Studio 2017 Isolated Shell , which improves accessibility, high DPI support, and reliability.
Here are some ratings from various sources:
The T-SQL Debugger is gone. You can no longer set breakpoints and step through stored procedures line-by-line. Microsoft recommends using Azure Data Studio with the SQL Server Debugger extension or Visual Studio Enterprise.
: SSMS 18 is the first version fully "aware" of SQL Server 2019 capabilities, including support for UTF-8 collation and Big Data Clusters .
SSMS 18.x finally introduced native High DPI support. This means if you’re using a 4K monitor or a modern laptop, the UI and text no longer look blurry or tiny—they scale correctly by default.
: Built on the Visual Studio 2017 Isolated Shell , which improves accessibility, high DPI support, and reliability. sql server management studio 2019 new
Here are some ratings from various sources: SSMS 18
The T-SQL Debugger is gone. You can no longer set breakpoints and step through stored procedures line-by-line. Microsoft recommends using Azure Data Studio with the SQL Server Debugger extension or Visual Studio Enterprise. which improves accessibility
: SSMS 18 is the first version fully "aware" of SQL Server 2019 capabilities, including support for UTF-8 collation and Big Data Clusters .