Release notes

• First release for SQL Server Management Studio 22
• New Options page with a hosted folder-storage option, no connection string needed
• Verify and Connect buttons for the license key and the hosted service
• Folders move along when you switch storage
• Schema and Alphabetical fallback grouping fixed

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• Fixes “Cannot open database … VFP02x” for renamed and read-only databases

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• Maintenance release for SSMS 20 with the improvements from the 21.x line
• Drag and drop objects between virtual folders

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• An update that was offered stays offered when a later check cannot reach the network
• A downloaded update waits for your restart instead of being offered again
• The portable zip never changes itself, as the download page says
• Copies that receive beta versions also get the stable releases

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• Entering a license key no longer fails with the message about the calling thread
• A slow or failing license service no longer loses the key you entered or turns a valid key into a rejected one
• A license file that cannot be read is no longer replaced by a new trial
• The last 7 days of a license term show a banner with a renewal button

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• After the trial the desktop app is view only: compare and read everything; copying, saving, exporting and deploying need a license
• The sqlcompare command line needs the trial or a license
• The script window opens without a license, so you can read the script before you buy
• Fixes in the command line, data compare and the server script

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• A new view, Replicas: the copies of each job on the replicas of an availability group, compared
• Findings with a severity: what would be missing or switched off after a failover comes first
• Select a finding to see that job on every replica, with its schedule, steps and last run
• Add replicas... opens Add many servers with the replicas that are not in the workspace yet, ready to add
• The update banner shows an icon that fits its message

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• Seven views over all your servers together: Servers, Jobs, Running now, Rhythm, Long-running, Problems and History
• A timeline without bar charts: every run is a bead where it started, its shape says how it ended and its size how long it took
• Add many servers at once: from a list or file, a Central Management Server, SSMS, the network or availability groups
• Availability groups, including contained groups whose jobs live inside the group
• A local history archive, so baselines look back further than the history Agent keeps
• Read-only: SELECT statements only, nothing is installed on your servers
• 30-day trial with every feature, afterwards free for up to three servers. Automatic updates

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