Episode 181 - The new SSMS is still blue

Guy and Eitan talk about the new preview version of SSMS, application locks, and stupid troubles with TempDB shrinkage. Relevant links: Announcing the Release of SQL Server Management Studio 22 Preview 3 | Microsoft Community Hub Release Notes for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 22 Preview 3 Get Started - GitHub Copilot in SQL Server Management Studio (Preview) | Microsoft Learn Overview of the Query Hint Recommendation Tool (Preview) - SQL Server Management Studio | Microsoft Learn Announcing the Release of SSMS 22 Preview 4 | Microsoft Community Hub sp_getapplock (Transact-SQL) - SQL Server | Microsoft Learn microsoft-dbas-club/Utility Scripts/Shrink_Database_File_in_Specified_Increments.sql microsoft-dbas-club/TempDB/TempDB_Sizing_Check_and_Remediation.sql microsoft-dbas-club/TempDB/TempDB Space Utilization Check.sql

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Episode 181 - The new SSMS is still blue is an episode from SQL Server Radio by Guy Glantser.

This episode is 33:23 long.

This episode was published on Nov 10, 2025.

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