SSMS(SQL Server Management Studio) for professionals

Question

This is a very elementary doubt as I am trying to build some fundamental knowledge.

I downloaded SSMS in my local machine (laptop). I agree that we can save data/entries in my local machine, but then suppose if I make a web app where users can upload videos/image files, then certainly I cannot or don't want to use my local machine to save their files.

My doubt is, SSMS, ie, the management studio software which is installed in my local machine, is it possible to use it for online data handling of other users around the world?

Surely, the software must not be only for newbies learning to get a hang of database stuffs in an offline mode, but it must be also used by professionals handling real world data? Do professionals really use the software for their projects?

Answer 1

To a degree, the answer is in the name, SQL Server "MANAGEMENT" Studio. SSMS is a tool for managing SQL Server instances. Whether those are running locally on the machine that has SSMS installed, remotely on some server within your environment, or up on the cloud hosted in Azure, AWS or Google. You can connect to any Microsoft SQL Server instance through SSMS and then you can manipulate the server and the databases within the server. It is a sophisticated tool with a great deal of depth.

It is absolutely not intended to be a front-end for individual users to manipulate the data within a database. Does it have this capacity? Yes, in an extremely limited fashion. It's a very secondary aspect of the tool and not it's primary purpose. See above.

For the kind of data manipulation you're describing, the standard response is to A) Purchase a software designed to manage the data you want, B) Build a tool that does what you need. It's really that simple. For example, you talk about want to manage videos. For option A, you could look to a service such as Vimeo to handle your videos. Or, if what you want is unique, you're going to have to build a new piece of software, option B.

Regardless, SSMS is not the end-user solution. It's absolutely meant as a development and management tool. That's why it's called Management Studio.