No UI dialogs in MS Azure / SQL Server Management Studio

Question

Recently, I purchased a licence for a Microsoft Azure SQL Server 2012 (packet "S0" - Standard, 250 GB)

When I connect with SQL Server Management Studio 2012 to this database, then all the user interface dialogs for creating tables, setting up users, etc. are gone.

You can only script and execute pure SQL statements.

Even the table editor is gone, so you even cannot edit the data in a table!

If I connect to a local database, then everything works. So the problem must be related to the Azure Database. Can anyone help ?

Answer 1

If this is Azure SQL Database, then keep in mind that this is not the same as SQL Server 2012 although you can use the same tools to connect to it. This behavior is therefore correct and normal. If you have installed or used an image for SQL Server on a VM then you should have everything as you expect.