--- title: MSSQL Extension for VS Code v1.44 | daily.dev description: MSSQL Extension for VS Code v1.44 ships two new preview features. Shortcuts Configuration provides a centralized UI to save reusable SQL snippets, bind them to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/mssql-extension-for-vs-code-v1-44-1bulerhdf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: MSSQL Extension for VS Code v1.44 | daily.dev og:description: MSSQL Extension for VS Code v1.44 ships two new preview features. Shortcuts Configuration provides a centralized UI to save reusable SQL snippets, bind them to... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/mssql-extension-for-vs-code-v1-44-1bulerhdf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/1BUlErHDF.png og:image:alt: MSSQL Extension for VS Code v1.44 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. # MSSQL Extension for VS Code v1.44 **[DevBlogs](https://daily.dev/sources/devblogs)** · 4 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary MSSQL Extension for VS Code v1.44 ships two new preview features. Shortcuts Configuration provides a centralized UI to save reusable SQL snippets, bind them to custom keyboard shortcuts, and manage extension keybindings for query execution, connections, and results navigation. The Enhanced Results Grid (enabled via mssql.preview.betaResultsGrid) delivers improved performance, better state management, and column customization options including freezing, hiding, and showing columns. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I enable the new beta results grid in the MSSQL extension for VS Code? Set mssql.preview.betaResultsGrid to true in Visual Studio Code settings. This enables a preview of the enhanced results grid, which offers improved performance, better state management, and column customization options like freezing, hiding, and showing columns, shipped in MSSQL extension version 1.44. _daily.dev keeps developers tracking VS Code extension updates like this ahead of their next SQL workflow tweak._ ### What is Shortcuts Configuration in the MSSQL extension for VS Code v1.44? Shortcuts Configuration is a public preview feature that centralizes discovering, configuring, and managing keyboard shortcuts across the MSSQL extension. It has two tabs: Quick Queries, for saving reusable SQL snippets bound to custom shortcuts, and Extension Shortcuts, for viewing and customizing editor and results view keybindings. Access it via Open Shortcuts Configuration in the extension toolbar. _Developers customizing their SQL workflow in VS Code can follow tooling changes like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [MSSQL Extension for VS Code: New Getting Started Page, Agent skills, SQL Formatter, and more](https://daily.dev/posts/mssql-extension-for-vs-code-new-getting-started-page-agent-skills-sql-formatter-and-more-yvnc8wtts) · DevBlogs · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [A better way to work with SQL Server](https://daily.dev/posts/a-better-way-to-work-with-sql-server-thprghiwd) · InfoWorld · 3 upvotes · 0 comments - [Get a visual config UI](https://daily.dev/posts/get-a-visual-config-ui-qdmwc7yfk) · The Art of Simplicity · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#azure](https://daily.dev/tags/azure), [#sql](https://daily.dev/tags/sql), [#vscode](https://daily.dev/tags/vscode) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/mssql-extension-for-vs-code-v1-44-1bulerhdf) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"MSSQL Extension for VS Code v1.44","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/mssql-extension-for-vs-code-v1-44-1bulerhdf","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/mssql-extension-for-vs-code-v1-44-1bulerhdf"},"datePublished":"2026-07-15T17:45:00.666Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T06:24:48.558Z","description":"MSSQL Extension for VS Code v1.44 ships two new preview features. 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