If you have a newer Mac with Apple Silicon, Parallels runs Windows on ARM. While SSMS runs perfectly on Windows on ARM via emulation, setting up the environment requires a bit more technical overhead than the old Intel days.
If you absolutely must use SSMS—perhaps your company has specific compliance requirements or you rely on obscure SSMS plugins—you can run it on your Mac using one of two methods.
Let’s get the bad news out of the way first:
Since SSMS is unavailable, use these tools to connect to SQL Server and generate reports directly on your Mac:
If you have a newer Mac with Apple Silicon, Parallels runs Windows on ARM. While SSMS runs perfectly on Windows on ARM via emulation, setting up the environment requires a bit more technical overhead than the old Intel days.
If you absolutely must use SSMS—perhaps your company has specific compliance requirements or you rely on obscure SSMS plugins—you can run it on your Mac using one of two methods. mac sql management studio
Let’s get the bad news out of the way first: If you have a newer Mac with Apple
Since SSMS is unavailable, use these tools to connect to SQL Server and generate reports directly on your Mac: mac sql management studio