How to disable SQL Server Management Studio for a user

Question

Is there a way to prevent users from getting into SQL Server Management Studio so that they can\'t just edit table rows manually? They still need to access the tables by ru

Answer 1

I would suggest you lock down the database and give appropriate read-only (or other) rights to the user. That way the user can still use management studio to run select queries and such.

If you don't want the user to have any rights at all then you could do that as well.