<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
Management	B-Device
Studio	I-Device
(	O
SSMS	B-Device
)	O
is	O
a	O
software	O
application	O
developed	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
that	O
is	O
used	O
for	O
configuring	O
,	O
managing	O
,	O
and	O
administering	O
all	O
components	O
within	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
launched	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
2005	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
Enterprise	O
Manager	O
in	O
SQL	O
2000	O
or	O
before	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
central	O
feature	O
of	O
SSMS	B-Device
is	O
the	O
Object	O
Explorer	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
browse	O
,	O
select	O
,	O
and	O
act	O
upon	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
objects	O
within	O
the	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
shipped	O
a	O
separate	O
Express	O
edition	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
freely	O
downloaded	O
;	O
however	O
recent	O
versions	O
of	O
SSMS	B-Device
are	O
fully	O
capable	O
of	O
connecting	O
to	O
and	O
manage	O
any	O
SQL	O
Server	O
Express	O
instance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
also	O
incorporated	O
backwards	O
compatibility	O
for	O
older	O
versions	O
of	O
SQL	O
Server	O
thus	O
allowing	O
a	O
newer	O
version	O
of	O
SSMS	B-Device
to	O
connect	O
to	O
older	O
versions	O
of	O
SQL	O
Server	O
instances	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
comes	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
Express	O
2012	O
,	O
or	O
users	O
can	O
download	O
it	O
separately	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
from	O
version	O
11	O
,	O
the	O
application	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Visual	O
Studio	O
2010	O
shell	O
,	O
using	O
WPF	B-Device
for	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2015	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
their	O
intention	O
to	O
release	O
future	O
versions	O
of	O
SSMS	B-Device
independently	O
of	O
SQL	O
Server	O
database	O
engine	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
