Where everything is stored

Beside the workspace, and meant for git:

Last updated 2026-10-21

Beside the workspace, and meant for git:

The workspace folder as it sits on disk: manifest, connections, target groups and environments beside a Projects folder of .smcproj files and their scripts.
The workspace folder as it sits on disk: manifest, connections, target groups and environments beside a Projects folder of .smcproj files and their scripts.
File Holds
<Name>.smcworkspace The manifest: workspace name, its projects, its side-file names
connections.json Registered servers. Credential references, never secrets
distributionLists.json Target groups and their members
environments.json Environments and their variable values
<Project>.smcproj One project: scripts, order, execution settings

Not meant for git, and per machine:

Path Holds
connections.local.json This machine's overrides for shared connections
%APPDATA%\SqlMulticast\settings.json Application settings and window state
%APPDATA%\SqlMulticast\workspaces.json The index of known workspaces
%APPDATA%\SqlMulticast\runs\ Run history, one log per run
%APPDATA%\SqlMulticast\cache\schema\ Cached object names for IntelliSense
%APPDATA%\SqlMulticast\logs\ Diagnostic logs
Windows Credential Manager Saved passwords, scoped to your user account