Recommended plugin for SQL server 2008 Is there any recommended plugin for SQL server 2008 to use when you are working as database administration, Business Intelligence developer or Database developer?
SentryOne Plan Explorer (free) - analyze execution plans in a way you could never do with Management Studio alone (I also wrote a demo kit here)
SSMS Tools Pack (free) - lots of valuable features here - snippets, connection color coding that works, CRUD generation, and query execution history