Customize SQL Server Management Studio (or Express)?

Is there any way to customize the SSMS or Express? SSMS seems to have the same codebase as Visual Studio, so would the Visual Studio SDK work?

Curtis

I recently answered this question in another post:

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1530544&SiteID=1

Long story short: we don't support or recommend 3rd party extensions to Management Studio. We do use the Visual Studio shell, so you might technically be able to add menu items, but we are free to change our extensions in SPs and major releases and this could break your extensions.

Paul A. Mestemaker II

Program Manager

Microsoft SQL Server Manageability

http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlrem/

Customize SQL Server Management Studio (or Express)?

Is there any way to customize the SSMS or Express? SSMS seems to have the same codebase as Visual Studio, so would the Visual Studio SDK work?

Curtis

I recently answered this question in another post:

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1530544&SiteID=1

Long story short: we don't support or recommend 3rd party extensions to Management Studio. We do use the Visual Studio shell, so you might technically be able to add menu items, but we are free to change our extensions in SPs and major releases and this could break your extensions.

Paul A. Mestemaker II

Program Manager

Microsoft SQL Server Manageability

http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlrem/

custom summary reports in mgmt studio

Is it possible to create custom summary reports and run them in management studio? I am assuming these reports are RS reports.

thanks,

Derek

Is it possible to create custom summary reports and run them in management studio?

Doubt if there is such feature.

I am assuming these reports are RS reports

SSMS installation doesn't require RS installation, so probably it's wrong assumption.

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This is not possible. Though this is something we're investigating for SP2. I suggest you vote on the following item in the Product Feedback Center: http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/productfeedback/viewfeedback.aspx?feedbackid=fb83d75b-424a-4c72-a735-30692a077e57

Cheers,
Dan