--- title: Introducing SQL projects in SSMS | Data Exposed | daily.dev description: SQL Projects are now available in preview in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). The feature enables database-as-code workflows, allowing developers and DBAs... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-sql-projects-in-ssms-data-exposed-yt4waxiwm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Introducing SQL projects in SSMS | Data Exposed | daily.dev og:description: SQL Projects are now available in preview in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). The feature enables database-as-code workflows, allowing developers and DBAs... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-sql-projects-in-ssms-data-exposed-yt4waxiwm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/YT4WAxIWM.png og:image:alt: Introducing SQL projects in SSMS | Data Exposed og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Introducing SQL projects in SSMS | Data Exposed **[Microsoft Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/microsoftdeveloper)** · 13 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary SQL Projects are now available in preview in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). The feature enables database-as-code workflows, allowing developers and DBAs to manage database schemas in source control. Key capabilities include importing an existing database into a SQL project, targeting multiple SQL platforms (SQL Server and Azure SQL Database), and integrating with CI/CD pipelines via GitHub Actions using the sqlpackage CLI. The tool handles schema migrations automatically, removing the need to manually write ALTER TABLE migration scripts. Schema compare and database references are planned for a future release this quarter. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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