SQL Server Management Studio 2017 Database Diagram Folder Missing

Question

I have SSMS 2017 installed and I want to use it to create an ERD for some of my databases. The documentation online says you just need to right click on the "Database Diagrams" folder under your database in the navigation panel. However, that folder is simply not there for any of my databases. I cannot find any fix or work around. Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this?

Answer 1

SSMS 18.0 did indeed have the Database Diagrams removed. Brent Ozar wrote an article about this very issue, although his perspective was much more positive on their removal. However, as @cOborski commented, the feature is back in SSMS 18.1.