title: How to debug T-SQL with SQL Server Management Studio 2017?
body: <p>The latest changelog <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssms/sql-server-management-studio-changelog-ssms?view=sql-server-2017" rel="noreferrer">(18.0 Preview 7)</a> of SQL Server Management Studio announced, that the <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssms/sql-server-management-studio-changelog-ssms?view=sql-server-2017#deprecated-features" rel="noreferrer">T-SQL Debugger</a> is deprecated.</p>
  
  <p>What are the alternatives for the future? Can someone understand this decision? I fear that removing a fundamental development tool like this will effect many developers.</p>