No source control option in SQL Server 2017 Management Studio

Question

Screenshot above is from my SSMS 2017.

I want begin to use tfs on SQL server and I googled how to use it and apparently there should be an option for source control in tools-->option but there is no option for source control. How can I fix it?

I have VS 2017 and 2015 and I'm using tfs on vs 2017 right now. No problem there. I have team foundation server 2018 installed too.

Thank you in advance

Answer 1

By default the packages which source control needed are not as part of SSMS.

However you can try to enable the Visual Studio packages manually. See Source Control in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) for details.

To enable TFS integration in SSMS, follow these steps:

1) Close SSMS if it is running.

2) Install Visual Studio 2015 on your SSMS machine. If you don’t already have Visual Studio, Community Edition will work fine. This is a large download but you can save some space by unselecting all languages during the Visual Studio install if your only purpose is to enable Source Control in SSMS.

3) Edit the ssms.pkgundef file found at C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\130\Tools\Binn\ManagementStudio\ssms.pkgundef.

At the top of this file there are a series of packages grouped together related to TFS Source Control features. These packages must be removed from the pkgundef file. This can be done by either deleting the section or commenting out each line using ‘//’. Here is an example of what the section should look like if commented out:// TFS SCC Configuration entries. The TFS entries block Team Explorer from loading.

// Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamFoundation.Lab
//[$RootKey$\Packages\{17c5d08a-602c-4dfb-82b5-8e0f7f50c9d7}]
// GitHub Package
//[$RootKey$\Packages\{c3d3dc68-c977-411f-b3e8-03b0dccf7dfc}]
// Team Foundation Server Provider Package
//[$RootKey$\Packages\{5BF14E63-E267-4787-B20B-B814FD043B38}]
// Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.WitPcwPackage
//[$RootKey$\Packages\{6238f138-0c0c-49ec-b24b-215ee59d84f0}]
// Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamFoundation.Build.BuildPackage
//[$RootKey$\Packages\{739f34b3-9ba6-4356-9178-ac3ea81bdf47}]
// Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking
//[$RootKey$\Packages\{ca39e596-31ed-4b34-aa36-5f0240457a7e}]
// Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamFoundation
//[$RootKey$\Packages\{b80b010d-188c-4b19-b483-6c20d52071ae}]
// Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Git.Provider.SccProviderPackage
//[$RootKey$\Packages\{7fe30a77-37f9-4cf2-83dd-96b207028e1b}]
// Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.SccPcwPluginPackage
//[$RootKey$\Packages\{1b4f495a-280a-3ba4-8db0-9c9b735e98ce}]
// Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.HatPackage
//[$RootKey$\Packages\{4CA58AB2-18FA-4F8D-95D4-32DDF27D184C}]
// Visual SourceSafe Provider Package
//[$RootKey$\Packages\{AA8EB8CD-7A51-11D0-92C3-00A0C9138C45}]
// Visual SourceSafe Provider Stub Package
  [$RootKey$\Packages\{53544C4D-B03D-4209-A7D0-D9DD13A4019B}]
// Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamFoundation.Initialization.InitializationPackage
  [$RootKey$\Packages\{75DF55D4-EC28-47FC-88AC-BE56203C9012}]
// Team Foundation Server Provider Stub Package
  [$RootKey$\Packages\{D79B7E0A-F994-4D4D-8FAE-CAE147279E21}]
// Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.SccDisplayInformationPackage
  [$RootKey$\Packages\{D7BB9305-5804-4F92-9CFE-119F4CB0563B}]
// Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamFoundation.Lab.LabPcwPluginPackage
   [$RootKey$\Packages\{e0910062-da1f-411c-b152-a3fc6392ee1f}]
   [$RootKey$\ToolsOptionsPages\Source Control]
   [$RootKey$\AutoLoadPackages\{11b8e6d7-c08b-4385-b321-321078cdd1f8}]
// TFS SCC Configuration entries.

Once completed, start SSMS and the “Team” menu should be visible in the SSMS menu bar. This menu and related features are the standard Visual Studio functionality. This enables connections to TFS servers or Git servers.