by Angela Guess
A recent article out of Redgate Software reports, “The long-awaited release of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 2016 is approaching, bringing with it a more modern look and feel, more features, and more advantages for users. Redgate Software has been working closely with Microsoft to make sure the latest version of one of its own flagship products, SQL Source Control, supports SSMS 2016 from launch day. SQL Source Control is an add-in for SSMS and links databases to version control systems, giving users the ability to version control their database schemas and reference data alongside their applications. Because it works inside SSMS, support for the latest version has been a requirement since the launch of SQL Source Control in 2010. This is where the challenge lies.”
The article continues, “On the one hand, SSMS is the user interface that interacts with SQL Server and has traditionally been updated at every major release of SQL Server. Supporting each release is not a small job. On the other, SQL Source Control is itself an evolving product that has its own release cycle, delivering ongoing improvements and added features to users. Since 2010, SQL Server has seen two big releases, while SQL Source Control has moved on from version 1 to the upcoming version 5. At every release, software developers and testers at Redgate make sure SQL Source Control works with the latest version of SSMS, despite the normal pressures of a weekly release cycle for the team. And SSMS 2016 is a big step for Microsoft.”
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