{"id":24622,"date":"2018-06-21T11:00:15","date_gmt":"2018-06-21T18:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/?p=24622"},"modified":"2024-01-29T10:34:59","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T18:34:59","slug":"ssms-17-8-is-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2018\/06\/21\/ssms-17-8-is-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"SSMS 17.8 is now available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This post is co-authored by\u00a0Pam Lahoud, Senior Program Manager, SQL Server.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>We are excited to announce the release of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 17.8!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql\/ssms\/download-sql-server-management-studio-ssms\">Download SSMS 17.8<\/a> and review the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql\/ssms\/sql-server-management-studio-changelog-ssms\">Release Notes<\/a> to get started.<\/p>\n<p>SSMS 17.8 provides support for almost all feature areas on SQL Server 2008 through the latest SQL Server 2017, which is now generally available.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to enhancements and bug fixes, SSMS 17.8 comes with several new features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Database Properties | FileGroups: <\/strong>This improvement exposes the &#8220;AUTOGROW_ALL_FILES&#8221; configuration option for Filegroups.<\/li>\n<li><strong>SQL Editor: <\/strong>Improved experience with Intellisense in SQL Azure DB when the user lacks master access.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Scripting: <\/strong>General performance improvements, especially over high-latency connections.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bug Fixes<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>View the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql\/ssms\/sql-server-management-studio-changelog-ssms\">Release Notes<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<h2>Database Properties | FileGroups:<\/h2>\n<p>In this release of SQL Server Management Studio, we have introduced UI and scripting support for the AUTOGROW_ALL_FILES database filegroup property.\u00a0 This property was introduced in SQL Server 2016 to replace <u><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/sql_server_team\/sql-server-2016-changes-in-default-behavior-for-autogrow-and-allocations-for-tempdb-and-user-databases\/\">trace flag 1117<\/a><\/u>, but it was only settable via T-SQL script.\u00a0 Now you can set the property via a checkbox in the Database Properties -&gt; Filegroups page:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24625 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-1-sql-server.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"694\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-1-sql-server.webp 694w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-1-sql-server-300x271.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-1-sql-server-276x250.webp 276w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-1-sql-server-330x299.webp 330w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-1-sql-server-400x362.webp 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can also use the \u201cScript\u201d button to script out the change:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24643 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Script-button.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"694\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Script-button.webp 694w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Script-button-300x272.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Script-button-275x250.webp 275w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Script-button-330x300.webp 330w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Script-button-400x363.webp 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This will generate the following script:<\/p>\n<pre>USE [AdventureWorks2016_EXT]\u00a0\r\n\r\nGO\u00a0\r\n\r\ndeclare @autogrow bit\u00a0\r\n\r\nSELECT @autogrow=convert(bit, is_autogrow_all_files) FROM sys.filegroups WHERE name=N'PRIMARY'\u00a0\r\n\r\nif(@autogrow=0)\u00a0\r\n\r\nALTER DATABASE [AdventureWorks2016_EXT] MODIFY FILEGROUP [PRIMARY] AUTOGROW_ALL_FILES\u00a0\r\n\r\nGO<\/pre>\n<p>Scripting support has also been added to the \u201cGenerate Scripts\u201d task and the \u201cScript Database as\u201d context menu in the Object Explorer:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24646 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Script-Database-as.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"692\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Script-Database-as.webp 692w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Script-Database-as-300x151.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Script-Database-as-330x166.webp 330w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Script-Database-as-400x201.webp 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Bug fixes:<\/h2>\n<p>In SSMS 17.8, there were many bug fixes.<\/p>\n<p>To highlight a few of these:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Maintenance Plans.<\/strong><br \/>\nFixed an issue when editing maintenance plans with Sql Authentication where &#8220;Notify Operator Task&#8221; was failing when using SQL authentication.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Scripting.<\/strong><br \/>\nFixed an issue where PostProcess actions in SMO lead to resource exhaustion and SQL login failures.<\/li>\n<li><strong>SMO.<\/strong><br \/>\nFixed an issue where Table.Alter() fails if adding a column with a default constraint and the table already has data. <a href=\"https:\/\/feedback.azure.com\/forums\/908035-sql-server\/suggestions\/32895625\">More details available here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Always Encrypted.<\/strong><br \/>\nFixed an issue (in DacFx) which was causing a lock timeout error when enabling Always Encrypted on a partitioned table.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To learn more about other bug fixes covered in this release, check the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql\/ssms\/sql-server-management-studio-changelog-ssms\">Release Notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Call to action<\/h2>\n<p>Try it out and let us know what you think! 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