Jeff – I’ll tell you a secret (and I can say it publicly here because nobody reads the comments anyway, ha ha ho ho.) When I wrote this, I thought, “what if I take Microsoft’s perspective and really run with it? What if I say the same thing they’re saying – how will users react? What if I say, ‘I’m taking away diagrams, and I don’t give a damn what you think’ – will people actually do anything about it, or just moan and groan?” These are easy improvements that will make lives just a little bit better. I would just like to take a moment to say thank you to Microsoft for focusing on the core ideas of their products, the good things that produce great results. Removed risky ‘lightweight pooling’ and ‘priority boost’ options from SSMS GUI This isn’t an accident, either. The SSMS 18.0 release notes say: You have to go into Properties, Advanced, and they’re buried in a list of options. Oh they’re still there alright – just harder to get to. Here’s the old 17.9: SSMS 17.9Īnd the new 18.0, the bad idea jeans are no longer in the shopping catalog: SSMS 18.0 The good news continues when you right-click on a server, click Properties, and click Processors. One of the least-used SSMS features had one of the top billings, and generated more swear words than database diagrams. Hallelujah! For over a decade, people have repeatedly cursed SSMS as they’ve accidentally clicked on the very top item and tried to expand it. SSMS 17.9 on the left has Database Diagrams at the top. Something’s missing in the new 18.0: Rest in peace, Database Diagrams On the left hand side, you see SQL Server Management Studio 17.9. There’s currently no way to leave product feedback for SSMS. The above “broken” link used to point to the user feedback item talking about the problems with Database Diagrams, and Microsoft solved that problem – by taking down. Update 8: Microsoft took down the feedback site. If you need a database diagramming tool, get one, but it’s simply not a priority in SSMS. In fairness, Microsoft deprecated this feature because they couldn’t support it, and the last year has been a pretty conclusive track record – they were right, they can’t support it. Update 6: they’ve been broken since they came back (link broken by Microsoft), and it’s been almost a year now without a fix.
Update 1: they’re back! Microsoft heard your pleas, and Database Diagrams are back in SSMS 18.1.
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