Is Visual Studio required for SQL Server?

Does SQL Server use Visual Studio?

SQL Server Data Tools for Visual Studio. Turn Visual Studio into a powerful development environment for SQL Server, Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Data Warehouse.

Does SQL Server comes with Visual Studio 2019?

No. It only supports any edition before 2012 of SQL Server. The latest version is Visual Studio 2019.

Is SQL Server Management Studio same as Visual Studio?

The key here is Visual Studio is oriented towards development. SSMS is oriented towards database and server management. They are going to have very different menu choices, etc. Your initial question was focused on query writing.

Is .NET required for SQL Server?

Summary. Different versions of Microsoft SQL Server have different . NET Framework versions as a prerequisite for setup, and the procedure to install the . NET Framework may be different on different operating systems.