Installing Visual Studio 2022 and SQL Server Management 20

[José Couto]

What are the packages I will need to install to Create Windows Forms, Compile and Run with SQL Server Database and do I have to do anything to enable SMSS to run my application?

 

[Skydiver]

When you ceate a WinForms application, it is a stand alone application -- even if it accesses a SQL Server database. You don't need SSMS to run it.

As for what packages, unless you are being miserly about your diskspace, just install the ".NET desktop developer" workload. It'll have everything you need to talk to a SQL server:

Visual Studio Community workload and component IDs

Use Visual Studio Community workload and component IDs to install Visual Studio from the command line or specify a dependency in a VSIX manifest.

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