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title: "The SQL Server Management Studio Environment"
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ms.date: "01/19/2017"
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ms.technology: ssms
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# The SQL Server Management Studio Environment
[!INCLUDE[appliesto-ss-asdb-asdw-pdw-md](../includes/appliesto-ss-asdb-asdw-pdw-md.md)]
[!INCLUDE[ssManStudioFull](../includes/ssmanstudiofull-md.md)] provides a rich environment for managing and developing queries in [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)].  
  
## In This Section  
[General User Interface Elements](../ssms/general-user-interface-elements.md)  
Outline general features of the user interface, such as Solution Explorer, Object Explorer, the Properties window, and the integrated Web browser.  
  
[Solution Explorer](../ssms/solution/solution-explorer.md)  
Introduces Solution Explorer, which provides you with an organized view of your projects and their files as well as ready access to commands for managing them.  
  
[Solution Explorer Source Control](https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/ms173879.aspx)  
Describes how [!INCLUDE[ssManStudioFull](../includes/ssmanstudiofull-md.md)] integrates with source control products.