February 6, 2025 · Azure
Retirement: Transition from Azure Data Studio to Visual Studio Code
Azure Data Studio (ADS) will be officially retired on February 28, 2026, to streamline development efforts and improve the user experience in Visual Studio Code (VS Code). VS Code will become the recommended cross-platform tool for developers building backend databases.
ADS will be supported until February 28, 2026, to ensure users have sufficient time to transition. Any files or database projects available locally in ADS will remain accessible through February 28, 2026.
Database projects created in ADS can be opened and continued in VS Code without any migration steps. Most extensions in ADS are also available in VS Code, though some SQL-based exceptions exist. In those cases, customers should consider SQL Server Management Studio 21 (SSMS 21) as an alternative to VS Code.