Enhance the performance of IntelliSense and autocompletion in the MSSQL extension to match the speed of Azure Data Studio, especially for larger databases.
So today is literally the day – **February 28, 2026** – **Azure Data Studio is officially retired**. No more updates, no security patches, Microsoft just pulled the plug after giving us over a year to migrate. They've been saying for a while: switch to **VS Code + the official MSSQL extension**. VS Code is great in general, super extensible… but let's be real – for heavy SQL work the MSSQL extension still feels sluggish compared to how snappy Azure Data Studio was. It lags on bigger databases, IntelliSense can be hit-or-miss, and overall it just doesn't hit the same "quick & pleasant" vibe we loved in ADS. I got tired of waiting for Microsoft to fix it, so I built my own open-source VS Code extension to try and bring back that fast, reliable ADS-like experience specifically for MS SQL Server / Azure SQL. It's called **MS SQL Manager** (vsc-ms-sql-manager), and the main features right now are: * Ultra-fast connection management & object explorer * Inline data editing * IntelliSense & autocompletion that actually performs well (even on large DBs) * Clean results grid with export to CSV, JSON, Excel * Schema navigation + quick scripting of tables/procs/views/etc. * Database Diagrams * Schema Compare between databases * Keeps everything lightweight – no random bloat from the broader VS Code world Repo & install instructions: [https://github.com/jakubkozera/vsc-ms-sql-manager](https://github.com/jakubkozera/vsc-ms-sql-manager)