Guided Tour & Getting Started
On your first sign-in the tool selector offers a short interactive tour. It runs inside the live application: each step highlights a real control (connections, the Object Explorer, the query editor, Execute, results, the AI assistant) and, in DB DevOps, walks the navigation rail, Migration Scripts, Releases and Approvals.
- Skippable and resumable. Skip at any step; progress is saved per user, so an interrupted tour resumes where it left off.
- Per application. The IDE and DB DevOps each have their own tour. Finishing or skipping one never re-triggers it.
- Replay any time. Open the Getting Started badge in the header and choose the replay action for the current application.
Getting Started checklist
The badge in the header of both applications tracks five milestones, computed from your actual activity (never checked off manually):
| Milestone | Completed when you |
|---|---|
| Connect to a database | Connect to any registered connection |
| Run a query | Execute a query from the IDE |
| Upload a migration script | Create or upload a script in DB DevOps |
| Execute a script | Run a script against a target connection |
| Create a release | Bundle scripts into a release |
The badge shows live progress (for example 3/5) and switches to a completed state when everything is done. It stays in the header so the checklist and tour replays remain one click away.
Where state lives
Tour progress and the welcome prompt are stored per user server-side (GET/PUT /api/me/onboarding), so they follow you across browsers and survive restarts. Checklist milestones are derived from the audit trail at read time.