---
title: "SQL 2005 management studio lacks.. lots of stuff."
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/11/26/sql-2005-management-studio-lacks-lots-of-stuff.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/11/26/sql-2005-management-studio-lacks-lots-of-stuff.html"
published: "2005-11-26T13:11:00"
updated: "2005-11-26T13:11:00"
tags: [".Net 2.0"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Looks like the SQL 2005 Management Studio needs some work too these days. Just a quick heads up. I can't say my experiences with it are much different, unfortunately."
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# SQL 2005 management studio lacks.. lots of stuff.

By Roy Osherove November 26, 2005 In [.Net 2.0](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-2-0)

**Historical article** · Originally published November 26, 2005; technical details may be outdated.

Looks like the SQL 2005 Management Studio [needs some work too](http://jaysonknight.com/blog/archive/2005/11/22/4655.aspx) these days. Just a quick heads up. I can't say my experiences with it are much different, unfortunately.

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