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# Visual Database Tools
  [!INCLUDE[ssManStudioFull](../../includes/ssmanstudiofull-md.md)] includes visual designers for building [!INCLUDE[tsql](../../includes/tsql-md.md)] queries, tables, and diagramming databases.  
  
## Related Tasks  
 Use the following tasks to get started with Visual Database Tools:  
  
|**Description**|**Topic**|  
|---------------------|---------------|  
|Describes the database diagram tool.|[Design Database Diagrams (Visual Database Tools)](design-database-diagrams-visual-database-tools.md)|  
|Describes the visual table design tool.|[Design Tables (Visual Database Tools)](design-tables-visual-database-tools.md)|  
|Describes the visual query designer.|[Design Queries and Views How-to Topics (Visual Database Tools)](design-queries-and-views-how-to-topics-visual-database-tools.md)|