Hidden in the Edit > IntelliSense menu is QuickInfo, keyboard shortcut Ctrl-K, Ctrl-I. It pops up information (e.g. column name, data type, nullability) about the current object (table, view, DMV, column) under the cursor. Very Cool.
Thank You to Buck and his team of SSMS superstars.
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Paul Nielsen believes SQL is the romance language of data. As such he’s a hands-on database developer, Microsoft SQL Server MVP, trainer, and author of SQL Server Bible series (Wiley). As a data architect, he developed the concepts of Smart Database Design and Nordic – an open source O/R dbms for SQL Server. You may have seen Paul speaking at a PASS Summit, SQL Open in Denmark, or SQL Teach in Canada. He lives in Colorado Springs.