"Getting Copilot working in SSMS 21 is a convoluted process. "We expected that some users would encounter friction during initial configuration," Stellato admitted, but for users who want some occasionally inaccurate assistance, creating an endpoint and deployment in Azure OpenAI is the only way to go. The SQL Server team believes that the initial implementation challenges will be outweighed by having "an underlying architecture that ultimately supports accessing any endpoint.""
"With SSMS 22 and beyond, the SQL Server team has decided to change tack. Copilot isn't going away in SSMS 21 ("think of it as a feature-frozen preview," Stellato said), but it won't be in SSMS 22 Preview 1. "The first public preview of SSMS 22 will not include any Copilot functionality," Stellato wrote. There'll be no option to install AI components, no Copilot in the menu, and no AI suggestions. It'll be like the last few years never happened."
SQL Server Management Studio is shifting to use GitHub Copilot instead of the previous Copilot preview. A Microsoft survey reported that 75 percent of respondents wanted the Copilot experience in SSMS to leverage GitHub Copilot. The Copilot preview in SSMS 21 remains feature-frozen and will continue to be available for users who configured Azure OpenAI endpoints and deployments. SSMS 22 Preview 1 will not include any Copilot functionality, installation options for AI components, Copilot menu entries, or AI suggestions. The SQL Server team expects the architecture change to support accessing any endpoint and to replace the convoluted initial configuration process.
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