>Yes. You'll have to build your own tools. SSMS simply calls into the server to do it's work. Look at the SMO object.
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>Note, there could be some third party tools available.

TOAD comes to mind. Not nearly as complete as SSMS or Visual Studio though.

SSMS (Express) is available as a free download - I can't think of a compelling reason not to use it.

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>>Can MS SQL be managed without managment studio?
>>If it can be then how?