SQL Server Management Studio How-to Topics

SQL Server Management Studio is a flexible tool that can be configured in a variety of ways to support your preferences.

In This Section

• How to: Add an External Tool to the Tools Menu (SQL Server Management Studio)

• How to: Add or Modify Maintenance Plan Subplan Schedules

• How to: Associate File Extensions to a Code Editor

• How to: Back Up a Database (SQL Server Management Studio)

• How to: Change Maintenance Tasks in the Maintenance Plan Wizard

• How to: Change Server Authentication Mode

• How to: Create a Credential (SQL Server Management Studio)

• How to: Create a Maintenance Plan

• How to: Create Multiserver Maintenance Plans

• How to: Configure Login Auditing (SQL Server Management Studio)

• How to: Configure WMI to Show Server Status in SQL Server Tools

• How to: Display the Object Explorer Details Page

• How to: Hide System Objects in Object Explorer

• How to: Migrate SQL Server 2000 Database Maintenance Plans

• How to: Use Templates in SQL Server Management Studio

• How to: View Spatial Data in Object Explorer