SQL Server Management Studio July 2016 is available

Good thing is we get continuous releases for Management Studio. Microsoft has released the newest version of SQL Server Management Studio which is July 2016 release. Latest version is 13.0.15500. The June 2016 release was 13.0.15000.

You can download the latest from here.

Some of the major changes are as follows (quoted from the same page);

• Support for Azure SQL Data Warehouse in SSMS.
• Significant updates to the SQL Server PowerShell module. This includes a new SQL PowerShell module and new CMDLETs for Always Encrypted, SQL Agent, and SQL Error Logs.
• Support for PowerShell script generation in the Always Encrypted wizard.
• Significantly improved connection times to Azure SQL databases.
• New ‘Backup to URL’ dialog to support the creation of Azure storage credentials for SQL Server 2016 database backups. This provides a more streamlined experience for storing database backups in an Azure storage account.
• New Restore dialog to streamline restoring a SQL Server 2016 database backup from the Microsoft Azure storage service.

SQL Server 2016 New Three Releases: SQL Server RC 3, Management Studio, SQL Server Data Tools

Microsoft SQL Server team has announced three new releases related to SQL Server product suite;

1. SQL Server Release Candidate 3
   This is the last Release Candidate and it is available for downloading now.
   Click here to download it and click here to see the release note.
   
2. SQL Server Management Studio April Preview
   New Preview is available with bug fixes and some enhancements. Click here to read more and click here to download it.
   
3. SQL Server Data Tools Preview Update
   An update has been released for SQL Server Data Tools specifically for SQL Server Release Candidate 3. Click here to download the Preview.