The Visual Studio integrated tools for SQL Server are getting better all the time. While working solely in VS might not always be optimal, it is very convenient to not have to switch over to SQL Server Management Studio to do simple queries. Although the VS SQL tools may not be full-featured, you might just be able to get by with them and not need to install SSMS at all.
One of the less intuitive things to do is to restore a backup file that was created on another server. In this post I will show you how to easily do this in the absence of a right-click restore shortcut. For this you must run the SQL for RESTORE.
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