# SSMS connection to Dremio view

**URL:** <https://community.dremio.com/t/ssms-connection-to-dremio-view/3388>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [May 17, 2019, 9:59am UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/ssms-connection-to-dremio-view/3388 "2019-05-17T09:59:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Informer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Informer](https://community.dremio.com/u/Informer)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 9:59am UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/ssms-connection-to-dremio-view/3388/1 "2019-05-17T09:59:50Z")

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Hi All,

I am new to dremio and wanted to know how can I connect my SSMS instance to a dremio view?

Many Thanks

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**Author:** ![ben](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.dremio.com/ben/32/1367_2.png) [@ben](https://community.dremio.com/u/ben)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/ssms-connection-to-dremio-view/3388/2 "2019-05-17T17:04:18Z")

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Hello @Informer,

You can connect your [SQL Server instance to Dremio as a datasource](https://docs.dremio.com/data-sources/sql-server.html). Is this what you are trying to accomplish?

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**Author:** ![Informer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Informer](https://community.dremio.com/u/Informer)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 7:43am UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/ssms-connection-to-dremio-view/3388/3 "2019-05-20T07:43:52Z")

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Hi Ben,

yep, trying to connect my SSMS instance to dremio…  
Many Thanks