Azure Data Studio Alternative (Retired 2026). DBCode vs Azure Data Studio

Azure Data Studio was a good tool, and it was built on the same VS Code codebase DBCode runs in.
That era is over: Microsoft retired it on February 28, 2026. It no longer gets features or security
patches, and Microsoft now points people to VS Code.

DBCode is the in-editor path forward. It keeps the parts people liked about Azure Data Studio, the
SQL editor and SQL notebooks, and adds what it never had: 80+ database engines instead of a
SQL-Server-first set, a visual query builder, ERDs, and AI wired into the editor through Copilot and
MCP. It runs in the VS Code, Cursor, or Windsurf window you already have open.