title: Can you use Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express to manage a Google Cloud SQL database instance?
body: <p>My organisation is looking to create a cloud database which can be queried by customers and managed/accessed by 5-6 people within the organisation, to supercede an old rusty access database.</p>
  
  <p>Currently we are familiar with the environment of Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express and have transferred most of our information into a local SQL Server.</p>
  
  <p>Having researched cloud server options online, Amazon RDS for SQL Server seemed to be a good contender but Google Cloud SQL Server seems cheaper for a database of our (really rather small) database.</p>
  
  <p>The question is: can we still use Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express to administer and update our database on Google Cloud?  Apparently Google Cloud works like MySQL, which is different from the SQL Server as Microsoft uses as I understand it?</p>
  
  <p>Any insights/experiences much appreciated!</p>