Release notes for Azure Data Studio

09/22/2020

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September 2020

September 22, 2020 / version: 1.22.0

Change Details New notebook features

• Supports brand new text cell editing experience based on rich text formatting and seamless conversion to markdown, also known as WYSIWYG toolbar (What You See Is What You Get)

• Supports Kusto kernel

• Supports pinning of notebooks

• Added support for new version of Jupyter Books

• Improved Jupyter Shortcuts

• Introduced perf loading improvements SQL Database Projects extension The SQL Database Projects extension brings project-based database development to Azure Data Studio. In this preview release, SQL projects can be created and published from Azure Data Studio. Kusto (KQL) extension Brings native Kusto experiences in Azure Data Studio for data exploration and data analytics against massive amount of real-time streaming data stored in Azure Data Explorer. This preview release supports connecting and browsing Azure Data Explorer clusters, writing KQL queries as well as authoring notebooks with Kusto kernel. Azure Arc extension Users can try out Azure Arc public preview through Azure Data Studio. This includes:

• Deploy data controller

• Deploy Postgres

• Deploy Managed Instance for Azure Arc

• Connect to data controller

• Access data service dashboards

• Azure Arc Jupyter Book Deployment options

• Azure SQL Database Edge

(Edge will require Azure SQL Edge Deployment Extension) SQL Server Import extension GA Announcing the GA of the SQL Server Import extension, features no longer in preview. This extension facilitates importing csv/txt files. Learn more about the extension in this article. Resolved bugs and issues For a complete list of fixes see Bugs and issues, on GitHub.

August 2020

August 12, 2020 / version: 1.21.0

Change Details New notebook features • Move cell locations

• Convert cells to Text Cell or Code cell Jupyter Books picker Users can now choose Jupyter Books from GitHub releases and open seamlessly in Azure Data Studio Search added to Notebooks Viewlet Users can easily search through content across their notebooks and Jupyter Books Resolved bugs and issues For a complete list of fixes see Bugs and issues, on GitHub.

July 2020 (hotfix)

July 17, 2020 / version: 1.20.1

Change Details Fix bug #11372 Object Explorer drag-and-drop table incorrectly wraps table names #11372 Fix bug #11356 Dark theme is now the default theme #11356

Known Issue

Some users have reported connection errors from the new Microsoft.Data.SqlClient v2.0.0 included in this release. Users have found following these instructions to successfully connect

July 2020

July 15, 2020 / version: 1.20.0

Change Details Added new Feature Tour From welcome page and command palette, users can now launch a feature tour to get a walkthrough of commonly used features including Connections Viewlet, Notebooks viewlet, and Extensions Marketplace New notebook features • Header support in Markdown Toolbar

• Side-by-side Markdown Preview in Text Cells Drag and Drop Columns and Tables in Query Editor Users can now directly drag and drop columns and tables from connections viewlet to query editor Added Azure Account icon to Activity Bar Users can now easily see where to sign in to Azure Resolved bugs and issues For a complete list of fixes see Bugs and issues, on GitHub.

June 2020

June 15, 2020 / version: 1.19.0

Change Details Added Azure Data Studio to Azure portal Integration Users can now directly launch to Azure portal from an Azure SQL Database connection, Azure Postgres, and more. New notebook features • New Notebook toolbar

• New Edit Cell toolbar

• Python dependencies wizard UX updates

• Improved spacing across notebooks Announcing SQL Assessment API extension This extension adds SQL Server best-practice assessment in ADS. It exposes SQL Assessment API, which was previously available for use in PowerShell SqlServer module and SMO only, to let you evaluate your SQL Server instances and receive for them recommendations by SQL Server Team. Learn more about SQL Assessment API and what it is capable of in this article. Machine Learning Extension improvements Now supports Azure SQL Managed Instance. Data Virtualization extension improvements Now supports MongoDB and Teradata Postgres extension bug fixes Fixed Azure MFA Resolved bugs and issues For a complete list of fixes see Bugs and issues, on GitHub.

May 2020 (hotfix)

May 27, 2020 / version: 1.18.1

Change Details Fix bug #10538 "Run Current Query" keybind no longer behaving as expected #10538 Fix bug #10537 Unable to open new or existing sql files on v1.18 #10537

May 2020

May 20, 2020 / version: 1.18.0

Change Details Announcing Redgate SQL Prompt extension This extension lets you manage formatting styles directly within Azure Data Studio, so you can create and edit your styles without leaving the IDE. Announcing Machine Learning Extension This extension enables you to:

• Manage Python and R packages with SQL Server machine learning services with Azure Data Studio.

• Use ONNX model to make predictions in Azure SQL Edge.

• View ONNX models in an Azure SQL Edge database.

• Import ONNX models from a file or Azure Machine Learning into Azure SQL Edge database.

• Create a notebook to run experiments. New notebook features • Added new Python Dependencies Wizard to make it easier to install Python dependencies

• Added underline support for Markdown Toolbar Parameterization for Always Encrypted Allows you to run queries that insert, update, or filter by encrypted database columns. Resolved bugs and issues For a complete list of fixes see Bugs and issues, on GitHub.

April 2020 (hotfix)

April 30, 2020 / version: 1.17.1

Change Details Fix bug #10197 Can't connect via MFA #10197

April 2020

April 27, 2020 / version: 1.17.0

Change Details Improved welcome page UI update on the welcome page to make it easier to see common actions and highlighting extensions. New notebook features • Added Markdown toolbar when editing text cells to help write with Markdown

• Revamped Jupyter Books viewlet to become a Notebooks viewlet where you can manage Jupyter Books and notebooks together

• Added support for persisting charts when saving a notebook

• Added support for KQL magic in Python notebooks Improved dashboards Dashboards throughout Azure Data Studio have been updated with latest design patterns, including an actions toolbar. This also applies to many extensions. Added Cloud Shell integration in the Azure view. Support for Always Encrypted and Always Encrypted with secure enclaves. Resolved bugs and issues For a complete list of fixes see Bugs and issues, on GitHub. Resolved bugs and issues For a complete list of fixes see Bugs and issues, on GitHub.

March 2020

March 18, 2020 / version: 1.16.0

Change Details Added charting support in SQL Notebooks When running a SQL query in a code cell, users can now create and save charts. Added Create Jupyter Book experience Users can now create their own Jupyter Books using a notebook. Added Azure AD support for Postgres extension Fixed many accessibility bugs List of accessibility bugs VS Code merge to 1.42 This release includes updates to VS Code from the 3 previous VS Code releases. Read their release notes to learn more. Resolved bugs and issues For a complete list of fixes see Bugs and issues, on GitHub.

February (hotfix)

February 19, 2020 / version: 1.15.1

Change Details Fix bug #9149 Show active connections #9149 Fix bug #9061 Edit Data grid doesn't properly resize when showing or hiding SQL Pane #9061

February 2020

February 13, 2020 / version: 1.15.0

Change Details New Azure Sign-in improvement Added improved Azure Sign-in experience, including removal of copy/paste of device code to make a more seamless connected experience. Find in Notebook support Users can now use Ctrl+F inside of a notebook. Find in Notebook support searches line by line through both code and text cells. VS Code merge from 1.38 to 1.42 This release includes updates to VS Code from the 3 previous VS Code releases. Read their release notes to learn more. Fix for the "white/blank screen" issue reported by many users. Resolved bugs and issues For a complete list of fixes see Bugs and issues, on GitHub.

Known Issue

Users on macOS Catalina will need to right-click Azure Data Studio and then click open.

December 2019 (hotfix)

December 26, 2019 / version: 1.14.1

Change Details Fix bug #8747 OE Expansion fails #8747

December 2019

December 19, 2019 / version: 1.14.0

Change Details Changed attach to connection dropdown in Notebooks to only list the currently active connection #8129 Added bigdatacluster.ignoreSslVerification setting to allow ignoring TLS/SSL verification errors when connecting to a BDC #8582 Allow changing default language flavor for offline query editors #8419 GA status for Big Data Cluster/SQL 2019 features #8269 Resolved bugs and issues For a complete list of fixes see Bugs and issues, on GitHub.

November 2019 (hotfix)

November 15, 2019 / version: 1.13.1

Change Details Fix bug #8210 Copy/Paste results are out of order

November 2019

November 4, 2019 / version: 1.13.0

Change Details New SQL Server 2019 support • Deploy SQL Server 2019 big data cluster with BDC Deploy wizard

• Manage cluster health with controller dashboard

• Manage HDFS access control lists using Security ACLs Dialog

• Add mounts using HDFS Tiering Dialog

• Troubleshoot using built-in Jupyter Book, SQL Server 2019 guide

• Renamed to SQL vNext extension Data virtualization extension

• Added Teradata and Mongo support in External Table Wizard New notebook features • Announcing PowerShell notebooks

• Announcing collapsible code cells

• Perf improvements in Notebooks

• View the full list of improvements here Announcing Jupyter Books Jupyter Books are a collection of notebooks and markdown files organized in a table of contents. New SQL Server Deploy wizard Now includes support for deploying:

• SQL Server 2019 on Windows

• SQL Server 2017 on Windows

• SQL Server 2019 on Docker

• SQL Server 2017 on Docker Announcing GA of Schema Compare extension • SQLCMD mode

• Localization support

• Accessibility fixes

• Security bugs Announcing GA of SQL Server Dacpac extension

• Localization support

• Accessibility fixes

• Security bugs Announcing Visual Studio IntelliCode extension Visual Studio IntelliCode now supports SQL, which allows for smarter suggestions of reserved keywords. Resolved bugs and issues For a complete list of fixes see Bugs and issues, on GitHub.

October 2019 (hotfix 2)

October 11, 2019 / version: 1.12.2

Change Details Disable automatically starting the EH in inspect mode

October 2019 (hotfix)

October 8, 2019 / version: 1.12.1

Change Details Fixed issue for quotes and backslashes in Notebooks to escape correctly.

October 2019

October 2, 2019 / version: 1.12.0

Change Details Release of Query History extension The SQL History extension saves all past queries executed in an Azure Data Studio session and lists them in execution order. Users can see open the query, execute the query, delete the query, pause query history, or delete all query history entries. New Copy/Paste Results We have added additional ways to copy/paste results from the results grid. Update to PowerShell extension Resolved bugs and issues For a complete list of fixes see Bugs and issues, on GitHub.

Known Issues

Notebooks 7080 Rare Case when Notebook is Serialized Incorrectly



September 2019

September 10, 2019 / version: 1.11.0

Change Details Enable SQLCMD Mode Query editor now supports toggling of SQLCMD mode to write and edit queries as SQLCMD scripts Community Extension: Query Editor Boost Query Editor Boost is an open-source extension focused on enhancing the Azure Data Studio query editor for users who are frequently writing queries. • Save the current query as a snippet

• Switch databases using Ctrl+U

• New Query from template

• View the full list of improvements here Notebook Improvements • Performance improvements for supporting larger notebook files

• View the full list of improvements here Visual Studio Code August Release Merge 1.38 Latest improvements can be found here. Resolved bugs and issues For a complete list of fixes see Bugs and issues, on GitHub.

Known Issues

Notebooks 7080 Rare Case when Notebook is Serialized Incorrectly



August 2019

August 15, 2019 / version: 1.10.0

Change Details Release of SandDance 1.3.1 extension • Smart chart detection

• 3D Visualizations

• Data filtering Notebook Improvements • Add code or text cell in-line

• Added ability to right-click SQL results grid to save result as CSV, JSON, etc.

• Improvement to notebook loading performance for loading JSON faster

• View the full list of improvements here SQL Server 2019 Support This release includes support for additional SQL Server 2019 Big Data Cluster features including:

• Reduced time taken to load table and column information on the object-mapping page.

• Fixed a bug with loading existing database scoped credentials on the connection details page.

• Increased default sample size used for PROSE parsing. Dacpac extension now supports Azure AD Visual Studio Code July Release Merge 1.37 Latest improvements can be found here. Resolved bugs and issues For a complete list of fixes see Bugs and issues, on GitHub.

July 2019

July 11, 2019 / version: 1.9.0

Change Details Release of SentryOne Plan Explorer extension Our valued Microsoft partner, SentryOne, will be shipping their SentryOne Plan Explorer extension for Azure Data Studio.

This is a free extension, which provides enhanced plan diagrams for queries run in Azure Data Studio, with optimized layout algorithms and intuitive color-coding to help quickly identify the most expensive operators affecting query performance. To learn more about the extension, check out SentryOne's blog post here. New Features coming to Schema Compare • Schema Compare File Support (.SCMP)

• Cancel Schema Compare Support

• Complete changes can be found here Notebook Improvements • Plotly Python Support

• Open Notebook from Browser

• Python Package Management Dialog

• Performance and Markdown Enhancements

• Keyboard Shortcuts Update

• Bug Fixes and Minor Features can be found here SQL Server 2019 Support This release includes support for additional SQL Server 2019 Big Data Cluster features including:

• Service Endpoints table within the Management Dashboard that lists all key services in the cluster.

• Cluster Status Notebook shows how you can query & troubleshoot cluster status across all services and pods. Updated Language Packs Available There are now 10 language packs available in the Extension Manager marketplace. Simply, search for the specific language using the extension marketplace and install. Once you install the selected language, Azure Data Studio will prompt you to restart with the new language. SQL Server Profiler Update The SQL Server Profile extension has been updated to include new features including:

• Filtering by Database Name

• Copy & Paste Support

• Save/Load Filter

A full list of improvements for SQL Server Profiler Extension can be found here. Visual Studio Code May Release Merge 1.35 Latest improvements can be found here. Resolved bugs and issues In previous releases of Azure Data Studio, if a user database was selected when connecting from the Connection dialog, the resulting Object Explorer entry was scoped entirely to that single database. Beginning in this release, that behavior is being changed so that server level properties are also shown in the object explorer.

For a complete list of fixes see Bugs and issues, on GitHub.

June 2019

June 6, 2019 / version: 1.8.0

Change Details Release of Central Management Servers (CMS) extension Central Management Servers store a list of instances of SQL Server that is organized into one or more central management server groups. Users can connect to their own existing CMS servers and manage their servers like adding and removing servers. To learn more, you can read here Release of Database Administration Tool Extensions for Windows This extension launches two of the most used experiences in SQL Server Management Studio from Azure Data Studio. Users can right-click on many different objects (such as Databases, Tables, Columns, Views, and more) and select Properties to view the SSMS Properties Dialog for that object. In addition, users can right-click on a database and select Generate Scripts to launch the well-known SSMS Generate Scripts Wizard. Schema Compare Improvements • Added Exclude/Include Options

• Generate Script opens script after being generated

• Removed double scroll bars

• Formatting and layout improvements

• Complete changes can be found here Moved Messages section to own tab When users ran SQL queries, results and messages were on stacked panels. Now they are in separate tabs in one panel like in SSMS. SQL Notebook Improvements • Users can now choose to use their own Python 3 or Anaconda installs in notebooks

• Multiple Stability + fit/finish fixes

• View the full list of improvements here Visual Studio Code April Release Merge 1.34 Latest improvements can be found here Resolved bugs and issues. See Bugs and issues, on GitHub.

Known Issues

Database Administration Tool Extensions for Windows Can't launch properties from disconnected server node Can't launch properties for Azure servers Not all objects have property dialogs Dialogs take a long time to start up Errors launching servers with some types of connections (such as Azure AD)

Notebooks 5838 Allow users to use system Python for Notebooks

Schema Compare 5804 Schema Compare tasks show default cancel context menu, which does nothing



May 2019

May 8, 2019 / version: 1.7.0

Change Details Release of Schema Compare extension Schema Compare is a well-known feature in SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT), and its primary use case is to compare and visualize the differences between databases and .dacpac files and to execute actions to make them the same. Moved Task view to Output Window Users can now view the status of long running tasks like Backup, Restore, and Schema Compare in the Task view in Output window Added Welcome page • Links to common actions like New Query, New File, New Notebook

• Links to documentation and GitHub SQL Notebook Improvements • Markdown rendering improvements, including better support for notes and tables

• Usability improvements to the toolbar

• Markdown links for trusted notebooks no longer require Cmd/Ctrl + click and can be clicked directly

• Improvements in cleaning up Jupyter processes after closing notebooks and reducing errors when starting multiple notebooks concurrently

• Improvements to SQL notebook connections to ensure errors do not occur when running 2 notebooks against the same database

• Improvements to notebook autoscrolling to the currently executing cell when clicking the Run Cells button from the toolbar

• General stability and performance improvements Resolved bugs and issues. See Bugs and issues, on GitHub.

April 2019

April 18, 2019 / version: 1.6.0

Change Details Renamed Servers tab to Connections Moved Azure Resource Explorer as an Azure viewlet under Connections Users can now view their Azure SQL instances through Azure viewlet in the Connections view and expand to view objects under each server or database. SQL Notebook Improvements • Added button on toolbar to clear output for all cells

• Added button on toolbar to run all cells

• Fixed connection name instead of server name (if set) in the Attach to dropdown

• Fix for images in markdown not rendering when using relative image paths

• Improved functionality in notebook grids by adding double-click auto resize column size and improved mousewheel support

• Improvements to error handling and python install resiliency when installing python through notebooks

• Improvements to "select all" functionality when selecting notebook cells

• Improvements to notebook connections to prevent closing a notebook and impacting an object explorer connection

• Improved notebook experience to display a message to the user when notebook disconnected and needs a connection to run cells

• Improved support for unsaved notebooks to rehydrate in ADS when ADS is started again Resolved bugs and issues. See Bugs and issues, on GitHub.

March 2019 (Hotfix)

March 22, 2019 / version: 1.5.2 / Hotfix release

Change Details Fixed a few issues discovered in 1.5.1. See March Hotfix Release, on GitHub.



• Fixed issue where user could not close notebook opened from the "Open Notebook" task in the Dashboard

• Fixed issue where Notebook JSON has extra } after save

• Fixed issue where notebook grids were not responding to theme changes

• Fixed issue where full notebook path was shown in the tab header. Now only the filename is shown.

March 2019

March 18, 2019 / version: 1.5.1

Change Details Added PostgreSQL extension for Azure Data Studio Supported features:

• Connection Dialog

• Object Explorer

• Query Editor

• Charting

• Dashboards

• Snippets

• Edit Data

• Notebooks Added SQL Notebooks Added SQL Kernel support to built-in Notebook viewer:

• Supports T-SQL

• Support PGSQL Added PowerShell Extension Brings over the PowerShell extension experience from VS Code. Added SQL Server dacpac extension Removes Data-Tier Application Wizard from SQL Server Import extension into a new extension. Added Community extension QueryPlan.show Adds integration support to visualize query plans Updated SQL Server 2019 Preview extension • Jupyter Notebook support, specifically Python3, and Spark kernels, have moved into the core Azure Data Studio tool.

• Bug fixes to External Data Wizard Resolved bugs and issues. See Bugs and issues, on GitHub.

Known Issues

#4427: Clicking Run on Cell Before Kernel is Ready for Spark Results in Fatal Error Workaround: Wait until kernels are loaded until running any cells

Wait until kernels are loaded until running any cells #4493: ADS launched from SSMS using SQL auth - prompts user for password Workaround: Use Windows Auth for now.

Use Windows Auth for now. #4494: Unable to install SQL notebook feature

Workaround: Follow workaround steps here.

Follow workaround steps here. #4503: Azure Data Studio can't be Opened Directly from Downloads Folder (Mac)

Workaround: Restart computer after unzipping the app. Will be investigated.

Restart computer after unzipping the app. Will be investigated. #4539: Notebook Save As loses connection context

Workaround: Will be fixed in next release.

Will be fixed in next release. #4458: Dacpac Extract crashes SqlToolsService if invalid version is used

Workaround: Restart Azure Data Studio and ensure correct version is used.

Restart Azure Data Studio and ensure correct version is used. New Notebook and Open Notebook icons are lost

Workaround: The legacy connection type is deprecated. We recommend connecting to the SQL Server endpoint and you'll get all the actions (New Notebook, Spark Job) as expected.

February 2019

February 13, 2019 / version: 1.4.5

Change Details Added Admin pack for SQL Server extension pack. This makes it easier to install SQL Server admin-related extensions. This includes:

• SQL Server Agent

• SQL Server Profiler

• SQL Server Import Added filtering extended event support in Profiler extension. Added Save as XML feature that can save T-SQL results as XML. Added Data-Tier Application Wizard improvements. • Added Generate script button

• Added view to give warnings of possible data loss during deployment. Updates to the SQL Server 2019 Preview extension. See Data Virtualization extension. Results streaming enabled by default for long running queries. Resolved bugs and issues. See Bugs and issues, on GitHub.

January 2019 (Hotfix)

January 16, 2019 / version: 1.3.9 / Hotfix release

January 2019

January 09, 2019 / version: 1.3.8

Change Details Added a new user installer for Windows. Unlike the existing system installer, the new user installer does not require administrator privileges. This also enables an easier upgrade experience for non-administrators. Added Azure Active Directory Authentication support. Announcing Idera SQL DM Performance Insights (preview). Data-Tier Application Wizard support in SQL Server Import extension. Update to the SQL Server 2019 Preview extension. See Data Virtualization extension. SQL Server Profiler improvements. Results Streaming for large queries (preview). Community extensions: sp_executesql to sql and New Database. Resolved bugs and issues. See Bugs and issues, on GitHub.

November 2018

November 6, 2018 / version: 1.2.4

Change Details Update to the SQL Server 2019 Preview extension. See Data Virtualization extension. Introducing Paste the Plan extension. Introducing High Color queries extension, including SSMS editor theme. Fixes in SQL Server Agent, Profiler, and Import extensions. Fix .NET Core Socket KeepAlive issue causing dropped inactive connections on macOS. Upgrade SQL Tools Service to .NET Core 2.2 Preview 3 (for eventual Azure AD support).

Bug Fixes, November 2018

Fix issue #2933: Connection lost to Azure SQL Database

Fix issue #2914: "Invalid argument" exception expanding OE database node

Fix issue #2935: Display multi-line messages correctly in query results

Fix issue #2906: Fix Edit Data document name when table name contains special characters

Fix issue #2929: Built in extension changelog says to check the VSCode Release Notes for changes

Fix issue #2719: High Contrast theme doubles/triples icons

Fix issue #3047: Add a command-line interface for connecting to a SQL Server

Fix issue #3031: Add query plan theme support

October 2018

October 29, 2018 / version: 1.1.4

Change Details Introducing the Azure Resource Explorer to browse Azure SQL Database. Improve Object Explorer and Query Editor connectivity robustness. SQL Agent extensions improvements. Update to the SQL Server 2019 Preview extension. See Data Virtualization extension.

Bug Fixes, October 2018

Fix issue #2717: XML Column result click formatting

Fix issue #2993: Width's Result windows is incomplete

Fix issue #2999: Could not load file System.Diagnostics.Tracing on Mac when connecting to DB

Fix issue #2851: TimeSeries chart does not render correctly

Fix issue #2996: Temp table loss due to sudden session change

For detailed information, see the Change Log, and Releases.

September 2018 (GA Release)

September 24, 2018 / version: 1.0 / GA release

General Availability release of Azure Data Studio (formerly SQL Operations Studio).

Change Details Query Results Grid performance and UX improvements for large number of result sets. Visual Studio Code source code refresh from 1.23 to 1.26.1 with Grid Layout and Improved Settings Editor (preview). Accessibility improvements for screen reader, keyboard navigation, and high-contrast. Added Connection name option to provide an alternative display name in the Servers view-let.

Announcing the SQL Server 2019 Preview extension

Change Details Support for SQL Server 2019 preview features including big data cluster support. Connect to the HDFS/Spark Gateway shipped with SQL Server 2019 preview.



Browse HDFS, upload files, save files, and launch useful actions such as Analyze in Notebook for CSV files.



Submit Spark jobs from the dashboard or right-click on a HDFS/Spark connection in Object Explorer. Azure Data Studio Notebooks. Create or open Notebooks using an integrated Notebook viewer. In this release, the Notebook viewer supports connecting to local kernels and the SQL Server 2019 big data cluster only.



Use the PROSE Code Accelerator libraries in your Notebook to learn file format and data types for fast data preparation. Azure Resource Explorer. The Azure Resource Explorer view lets you browse data-related endpoints for your Azure accounts and create connections to them in Object Explorer. In this release, Azure SQL Database is supported. SQL Server PolyBase Create External Table Wizard. Create an external table and its supporting metadata structures with an easy to use wizard. In this release, remote SQL Server and Oracle servers are supported.

Bug Fixes, September 2018

Fix issue #2647: The charts took a significant step backwards.

Fix issue #2648: SELECT that returns a JSON hyperlinks the whole column.

For detailed information, see the Change Log, and Releases.

August 2018

August 30, 2018 / version: 0.32.8 / Public Preview

The August Public Preview focuses on bug fixes, product stabilization, and filling in gaps existing scenarios.

0.32.8 contains fixes for a couple regressions found in 0.32.7 (#1971, #2372)

Change Details Announcing the SQL Server Import Extension. SQL Server Profiler Session management. SQL Server Profiler session template support. SQL Server Agent improvements. New community extension: First responder kit. Quality of Life improvements: Connection strings

Bug Fixes, August 2018

Known Issues, August 2018

Issue #2371 Save As Excel Only Saves First Row of Data

Issue #2150: Unable to connect on Ubuntu 16.04 to SQL in a container

July 2018

July 19, 2018 / version: 0.31.4 / Public Preview

The July Public Preview focuses on the following items:

The initial release of the SQL Server Agent configuration scenarios.

SQL Server Profiler session and view template enhancements.

Continued bug fixes for customer reported GitHub issues.

Change Details SQL Server Agent for SQL Operations Studio extension improvements. Added view of Alerts, Operators, and Proxies and icons on left pane.



Added dialogs for New Job, New Job Step, New Alert, and New Operator.



Added Delete Job, Delete Alert, and Delete Operator (right-click).



Added Previous Runs visualization.



Added Filters for each column name. SQL Server Profiler for SQL Operations Studio extension improvements. Added 5 Default Templates to view Extended Events.



Added Server/Database connection name.



Added support for Azure SQL Database instances.



Added suggestion to exit Profiler when tab is closed when Profiler is still running. Release of Combine Scripts Extension. Wizard and Dialog Extensibility points added for Extension Authors.

Bug Fixes, July 2018

June 2018

June 20, 2018 / version: 0.30.6 / Public Preview

Change Details SQL Server Profiler for SQL Operations Studio Preview extension initial release. The new SQL Data Warehouse extension includes rich customizable dashboard widgets surfacing insights to your data warehouse. This unlocks key scenarios around managing and tuning your data warehouse to ensure it is optimized for consistent performance. Edit Data "Filtering and Sorting" support. SQL Server Agent for SQL Operations Studio Preview extension enhancements for Jobs and Job History views. Improved Wizard & Dialog UI Builder Framework extensibility APIs. Update VS Code Platform source code. Integrated the following releases:

• March 2018 (1.22)

• April 2018 (1.23)

GitHub Issues Fixes, June 2018

Feature request (issue 1204): Make the results grid autofit column width to data, and remember manual changes if the same query is rerun.

Fix issue 1398: Should show add message and add account button when linked account is empty.

Fix issue 1399: Linked account tab is broken when the view is collapsed.

Fix issue 1374: SQL Tools Service crashes when opening .sql file from disk.

Fix issue 1372: Missing SQL keyword "BETWEEN".

Fix issue 1395: 'MATCH' keyword crashes SQL Tools Service.

Fix issue 1496: "New Profiler" context menu option in Object Explorer does nothing.

Fix issue 1495: Query editor "Explain" query plan is broken.

May 2018

May 7, 2018 / version: 0.29.3 / Public Preview

The May Public Preview is focused on stabilization and bug fixes.

Change Details Announcing Redgate SQL Search extension available in Extension Manager. Community Localization available for 10 languages. German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese. Telemetry collection changes. • Reduced telemetry collection.

• Improved opt-out experience.

• In-product links to Privacy Statement. Extension Manager has improved Marketplace experience. More easily discover community extensions. SQL Agent extension. • Jobs.

• Job History view improvement. Updates for whoisactive and Server Reports extensions. Improved scrolling of Manage Dashboard Properties.

Fix GitHub Issues

Fix issue 703: Entering HTML-like text in edit data causes value to display incorrectly until refresh

Fix issue 821: azuredatastudio.deb package dependency

Fix issue 1260: Keyword 'distinct' not highlighted

Fix issue 1332: Edit data revert row doesn't work

Fix issue 1215: SQL Agent extension and the status bar

Fix issue 1316: SQL Agent Don´t resize after change windows size

April 2018

April 25, 2018 / version: 0.28.6 / Public Preview

The April Public Preview contains bug fixes and improvements.

Change Details Improvements to the SQL Agent Preview extension: Improved support for files. • Large files.

• Protected files, for saving Admin protected.

• Storing >256M files within SQL Operations Studio. Integrated Terminal Splitting. Work with multiple open terminals simultaneously. Faster installs and startup times. Reduced installation of on-disk file count foot print.

Fix GitHub issues, April 2018

Visual Studio Code 1.21 platform

A highlight for the April Public Preview is the refresh of the source code for the Visual Studio Code 1.21 platform. This brings several updates to the core editor and workbench from the previous 1.19 sync point. Some examples include the following:

For additional details, check out the Visual Studio Code February Release Notes, and the Visual Studio Code January Release Notes.

For more information, see the Change Log.

March 2018

March 28, 2018 / version: 0.27.3 / Public Preview

The March Public Preview continues to address the top GitHub issues, and is focused on improving our extensibility story. Specifically enabling Extension Manager, improving dashboard management, and providing SQL Agent and insights extensions. This release includes the following enhancements:

February 2018

February 15, 2018 / version: 0.26.7 / Public Preview

The February Public Preview includes some feature suggestions and high-priority bug fixes. This release includes the following enhancements:

Change Details Introducing Auto-Update Installation, which provides a notification when a new release is available to download. The Connection Dialog Database field is now a dynamically populated drop-down list that will contain a list of databases populated from the specified server. Introduce Connection extensibility API. VS Code Editor 1.19 integration. Update JustinPealing/html-query-plan component to pick up several Query Plan viewer improvements.

Fixed Issues, February 2018

January 2018

January 17, 2018 / version: 0.25.4 / Public Preview

The January Public Preview includes some feature suggestions and high-priority bug fixes. This release includes the following enhancements:

Change Details Saved Server connections are available in the Connection Dialog. Enable Hot exit. Hot exit is off by default. To enable, see Hot exit setting. Tab-coloring based on Server Group. Tab coloring is off by default. To enable, see Tab color setting. Change Server name to Server in the Connection Dialog. Fix broken Run Current Query command. Fix drag-and-drop breaking scripting bug. Fix incorrect pinned Start Menu icon. Fix missing Azure Account branding icon.

December 2017

December 19, 2017 / version: 0.24.1 / Public Preview

The December Public Preview includes several bugs fixes across all feature areas, as well as the following enhancements:

Change Details Create Firewall Rule Dialog is now available to assist connecting to Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Data Warehouse. Added Windows Setup, and Linux DEB and RPM installation packages. Manage Dashboard visual layout editor. Script As Alter and Script As Execute commands. Run Current Query with Actual Plan command. Integrate VS Code 1.18.1 editor platform. Enable Sideloading of VSIX Extension files. Support "GO N" batch iteration syntax.

November 2017

November 15, 2017 / version: 0.23.6

Initial release of Azure Data Studio.

Next Steps

See one of the following quickstarts to get started:

Contribute to Azure Data Studio: