What is the relationship between SQL Server with SQL Server Management Studio?

What is difference between SQL Server and SQL Server Management Studio?

SQL Server 2005 Express is a database engine that stores data and allows you to query it. SQL Server Management Studio Express is a management tool that provides a graphic interface for working with SQL Server database servers.

Does SQL Server Management Studio come with SQL Server?

Usually, SSMS is installed on the same machine (server) where the SQL Server Engine and other features are installed, but sometimes database developers do not have remote access to the database server and they need SSMS installed locally and connect to the remote databases.

How do I connect to local SQL Server in SQL Server Management Studio?

Use SSMS to Connect to the Local Default Instance1For Server Type it is Database Engine.2For the Server Name, we can simply use a dot (.) which will connect to the local default instance of SQL Server.3For the Authentication you can select Windows or SQL Server. ... 4Then click Connect.Use SQL Server Management Studio to Connect to Database

Can I use SQL Server without SSMS?

Everything can be done without SSMS. SQLExpress (and all other editions) install a command line tool, SQLCMD. Just about anything that can be done with SSMS can be done with SQLCMD, it just takes substantially more work (no wizards) so you have to learn the T-SQL.