The easiest way to convince someone to use SSMS 2008 over SSMS 2005 was to right-click on a results grid. They’d see “Copy with Headers” in the context menu and be sold immediately. I’d happily show them that they could configure this option in SSMS 2005, but to have it immediately available in SSMS 2008 was enough to convince many people to ...

Until recently, I’d only done stuff with Denali on a dedicated box. But this weekend, I took the plunge and installed SSMS on a machine that has older versions of SQL Server installed on it. You can download Denali from this link. I’ve only installed the tools – I haven’t installed the Database Engine, Analysis Services, and so on. It’s more that ...

The SQL Server team today tweeted (on their @SQLServer account) a SQL Server Denali Desktop Background, a.k.a. Wallpaper – and they were kind enough to let me post it here. Here is the regular version: And here is the Widescreen version: Enjoy!