SQL Server Management Studio: Releases, patches & end-of-life
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Lifecycle guide for SQL Server Management Studio from Microsoft

All releases, patches, maintenance and support periods at a glance

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📅 Last update on 2026-03-07

What is SQL Server Management Studio?

Automate product release and end-of-life managementSQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is an integrated environment for managing any SQL infrastructure. Use SSMS to access, configure, manage, administer, and develop all components of SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure VM, and Azure Synapse Analytics.
 

The entire lifecycle of SQL Server Management Studio

The following figure shows you the visualised product life cycle of SQL Server Management Studio. You can see all releases with the latest patch version, the long-term support characteristics (orange flag in the green circle, the periods for version provision, maintenance and support.
SQL Server Management Studio (Microsoft) release, version and end-of-life information
XSQL Server Management Studio (Microsoft) release, version and end-of-life information
Figure: Release, patch and end-of-life cycle of product SQL Server Management Studio (Microsoft)
 

Facts and figures about SQL Server Management Studio

Product
SQL Server Management Studio
Vendor
Microsoft
Latest version
22.3.2
Number of releases
7
Number of versions
100
Number of unstable versions
16
Number of versions affected by CVE
0
Licence
Commercial
 
 

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