Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Management Studio
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Management Studio
For previous versions of Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft has included the Microsoft SQL Enterprise Manager tool to allow systems administrators to manage their database servers and the databases that they are hosting remotely, just as long as the database hosting servers are setup to allow this. For the new Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft has bought out a new tool known as Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express, and is a tool that is freely downloadable from the Microsoft website that you can use to manage your Microsoft SQL Server 2005 databases. For those that don’t know what Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is, it is Microsoft’s latest SQL server solution designed to help large businesses store large amounts of data securely in one central location that can be accessed as needed. In order to be able to manage both the database servers and the databases themselves remotely, companies use Microsoft SQK Server 2005 Management Studio since this provides them with an option that allows full management and also means they don’t have to pay any fees for management applications. Both individuals and companies need to be able to manage their databases that are based on Microsoft SQL Server since they need to be able to manage the data that they contain; without management, unwanted database records could go unseen meaning that unecessary space could be taken up in the Microsoft SQL Server database.
The Express version of Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio is normally more than sufficient for a majority of people – especially those who just want to manage a Microsoft SQL Server database that they have created on a shared website hosting package. As with all Microsoft products, the ‘Express’ implies that the software has certain limitations and Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express is no exception to this classic rule. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Management Studio Express is only designed for the basic management of a database server or databases; it allows a systems administrator to create new Microsoft SQL Server databases, and also allows the management of multiple Microsoft SQL database servers. There are certain features that Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express can’t manage; examples of this include SQL Server Analysis Services, Integrations Services, Notification Services and Reporting Services – something like this may not be suitable for large businesses. Since the limitations that are in place may have an effect on how well a large business is able to manage its Microsoft SQL Server 2005 database server infrastructure, there are corporate and premium versions of SQL Server Management Studio that allow full management both remotely and locally.
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Management Studio provides a free solution to managing your Microsoft SQL databases remotely, whereas with other SQL database servers such as the MySQL database server, you have to pay to be able to use a management program such as Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio. If you are looking for a web host that you are able to use Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio with, you will need to consider a web hosting provider that allows you to setup your own Microsoft SQL Server databases, in turn meaning you need to find a Windows web hosting provider. A professional web hosting provider will be selling Windows web hosting, and as long as they are one of the best web hosts that is selling Microsoft SQL Server hosting then you will be able to use Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio to manage the Microsoft SQL databases that you create under your web hosting account. Micrsofot SQL Server Management Studio and Microsoft SQL Server will only work with Microsoft Windows web hosting packages since both are Microsoft products meaning that they won’t run on any other operating systems apart from Microsoft Windows.
Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio provides you with an easy to use and intuitive interface that allows you to manage the different aspects of your Microsoft SQL Server with ease from your desktop. On the left hand side of the program Window, there is an object explorer that presents you with all the different things that can be configured on your Microsoft SQL database server – examples include the actual databases that you are hosting as well the user accounts that you have created to allow access to hosted databases. Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio then also contains a main pane in which you carry out the necessary administration tasks that you need to, which might include the entering of SQL code to create a new table or record in a hosted database. Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio uses separate windows for certain tasks which require users to enter data; for example, when you create a new user account you are presented with a separate window in which you can enter the necessary data to create the needed account. Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio allows you to create databases and tables using both SQL code and a GUI, menaing that you don’t have to have any knowledge of SQL code in order to create or modify existing tables or databases that you may have hosted.
Having both graphical tools and a script editor, Microsoft SQL Management Studio provides a solution that is usable by both beginners with little knowledge on how to manage a database, and by professional Microsoft certified engineers who have good knowledge of the Microsoft SQL Server database service. Most web hosting providers that provide Windows web hosting will allow you to use a control panel to manage your web hosting account; this means that again, you don’t need any knowledge beforehand to be able to manage your Microsoft SQL Server databases and website hosting package. If you are provided with access to a Windows web hosting control panel such as Plesk, then in conjunction with Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio you are able to ensure that you can create your Microsoft SQL Server databases using the Plesk control panel, and then populate them with the necessary data or configure the necessary permissions using the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio.
In conclusion, Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio provides web developers with an easy to use solution to manage their many databases that they have based on Microsoft SQL Server remotely without the need to be sitting at the database server’s desktop. Since Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio provides both a graphical interface and a text based script editor to allow management, those who feel that they don’t have the necessary knowledge to manage a Microsoft SQL Server database can make use of the graphical editor meanwhile advance users can use the script editor to make the changes that they need to. In either case, Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio provides an easy way to manage Microsoft SQL Server databases.
