1. add a new MenuItem to the "Script Object to ..." Menu when clicking on a table which gives a SELECT COUNT(*)

2. add a new MenuItem to the "Script Object to ..." Menu when clicking on a table which gives a SELECT First X Rows. The X can defined in the options

3. add some information to the left server pane which gives you some DateBaseMetaData informations. I would start with DatabaseProductName, DatabaseProductVersion, DatabaseMajorVersion, DatabaseMinorVersion.