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title: Visual Database Tools
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# Visual Database Tools

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[!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](../../ssms/visual-db-tools/design-database-diagrams-visual-database-tools.md)|  
|Describes the visual table design tool.|[Design Tables](../../ssms/visual-db-tools/design-tables-visual-database-tools.md)|  
|Describes the visual query designer.|[Design Queries and Views How-to Topics](../../ssms/visual-db-tools/design-queries-and-views-how-to-topics-visual-database-tools.md)|