In many conversations with my colleagues and other developers who work with different database engines, they often underestimate SQL Server. In my opinion, one of the key causes is that they didn’t work with the SQL Server Management Studio GUI to see how much easier it is to manage SQL Server compared to other databases, even with the most popular ones. Essentially, this article embodies a Quick Start guide for using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), the powerful, official enterprise-level GUI provided by Microsoft to manage SQL Server databases.