22.1.0$$$Download SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 22$$$$$$Release number: 22.1.0$$$Release date: December 9; 2025$$$Whats new in 22.1.0$$$FeaturetDetails$$$GitHub Copilot in SSMS (Preview)tIntroduced the GitHub Copilot Walkthrough; available from the Copilot badge.$$$GitHub Copilot in SSMS (Preview)tAdded right-click menu support for Document; Explain; Fix; and Optimize code assistance.$$$GitHub Copilot in SSMS (Preview)tImproved response time after submitting the first prompt for a thread.$$$GitHub Copilot in SSMS (Preview)tIntroduced Bring your own model (BYOM).$$$GitHub Copilot in SSMS (Preview)tUpdated the default model to be Claude 4.5 for paid subscriptions.$$$Bug fixes in 22.1.0$$$FeaturetDescription$$$AccessibilitytFixed an issue in Profiler to restore keyboard focus to the proper element when Profiler window is reactivated.$$$Always EncryptedtFixed a bug on the New Column Master Key page of the Always Encrypted Wizard that displayed the wrong name in the key vault dropdown. See New Column Master Key Dialog doesnt show AKV names.$$$Edit datatResolved a crash that occurred when editing data for a table with a hierarchyid data type. See Crash when data-editing Table with a hierarchyid column containing brackets ( ) in the name.$$$GitHub Copilot in SSMS (Preview)tReintroduced the /optimize code assistance command.$$$GitHub Copilot in SSMS (Preview)tFixed the issue where Copilot displayed Run ValidateGeneratedTQL repeatedly and didnt answer; or answered incorrectly. See SSMS v22 Copilot taking minutes to respond; generating inaccurate results.$$$GitHub Copilot in SSMS (Preview)tFixed the error An exception was encountered while constructing the content of this frame. See Copilot Chat not working. Exception thrown..$$$GitHub Copilot in SSMS (Preview)tUpdated the query to identify blocking to account for sleeping sessions.$$$ProfilertRemoved CTP from the SQL Server 2025 entry in the Trace provider type.$$$Query Hint Recommendation Tool (Preview)tAddressed an issue that inserted a query hint after an existing semicolon instead of before it.

Whats new in 22.0.0$$$FeaturetDetails$$$Always EncryptedtAdded support for sovereign cloud solutions Bleu and Delos.$$$Arm64 SupporttAdded initial Windows Arm64 support for core SSMS 22 scenarios; including connecting and querying. See Known Issues for a list of scenarios that are still unsupported.$$$Connection dialogtAdded Fabric browsing to the Browse tab.$$$Connection DialogtThe modern dialog is the default connection dialog.$$$Connection DialogtAdded a Reset button to clear the fields in the Connection Properties section.$$$Database Tuning Advisor (DTA)tImproved DTA functionality including better tuning coverage to queries with temp tables; table variables; triggers; improved index tuning quality; and general scalability and concurrency.

Whats new in 22.0.0$$$FeaturetDetails$$$Always EncryptedtAdded support for sovereign cloud solutions Bleu and Delos.$$$Arm64 SupporttAdded initial Windows Arm64 support for core SSMS 22 scenarios; including connecting and querying. See Known Issues for a list of scenarios that are still unsupported.$$$Connection dialogtAdded Fabric browsing to the Browse tab.$$$Connection DialogtThe modern dialog is the default connection dialog.$$$Connection DialogtAdded a Reset button to clear the fields in the Connection Properties section.$$$Database Tuning Advisor (DTA)tImproved DTA functionality including better tuning coverage to queries with temp tables; table variables; triggers; improved index tuning quality; and general scalability and concurrency.