Tools and Utilities Documentation Map

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 provides the tools you need to design, develop, deploy, and administer relational databases, Analysis Services cubes, data transformation packages, replication topologies, reporting servers, and notification servers.

Tools and Utilities Documentation

For more information about the tools and utilities included in SQL Server, see these sections of SQL Server Books Online.

Section	Description
SQL Server Management Studio and Business Intelligence Development Studio	Information common to both the SQL Server Management Studio and Business Intelligence Development Studio.
Introducing SQL Server Management Studio	Information about the integrated development environment for accessing, configuring, managing, administering, and developing SQL Server projects.
Introducing Business Intelligence Development Studio	Information about the tool for building the objects and constructs used for data extraction and transformation, data analysis, and reporting.
SQL Server Profiler Reference	Information about the graphical user interface to SQL Trace for monitoring an instance of the SQL Server Database Engine or Analysis server.
SQL Server Configuration Manager	Information about the tool for starting, stopping, and configuring the services related to SQL Server.
Command Prompt Utilities	Information about the command prompt tools for moving bulk data, running scripts, managing Notification Services, and so on.
SQL Server 2005 User Interface Reference	The F1 help files for the various tools.
SQL Server Tools Tutorials	Guided lessons about how to use SQL Server Management Studio, the sqlcmd utility, and the Database Engine Tuning Advisor.

See Also

Concepts

SQL Server Overview

Help and Information

Getting SQL Server 2005 Assistance