Article ID: 907716
Article Last Modified on 1/31/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition
INTRODUCTION
Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express (SSMSE) community technology preview (CTP) provides a graphical management tool for instances of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition (SQL Server 2005 Express). SSMSE can also manage relational engine instances that are created by any edition of SQL Server 2005. SSMSE cannot manage the following:
- SQL Server Analysis Services
- SQL Server 2005 Integration Services
- SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition
- SQL Server Notification Services
- SQL Server Reporting Services
- SQL Server Agent
MORE INFORMATION
Obtain SSMSE
Prerequisites
You must install the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 and Microsoft MSXML 6.0 Parser before you install SSMSE.
Note The .NET Framework 2.0 and MSXML 6.0 Parser might be already installed if the computer is running SQL Server 2005 Express.
.NET Framework 2.0
You must install the .NET Framework 2.0 before you install SSMSE. SSMSE depends on .NET Framework version 2.0.50727.42 or a later version of the .NET Framework. If you have a previous version of the .NET Framework, your SSMSE installation might function unpredictably. To download the .NET Framework version 2.0.50727.42, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
MSXML Parser 6.0
You must install the MSXML Parser 6.0 before you install SSMSE. To download MSXML 6.0, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
Obtain the SSMSE CTP
To download SSMSE, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
How to connect to SQL Server 2005 Express
To connect SSMSE to a SQL Server 2005 Express Database Engine instance, follow these steps:
- In the Connect to Server dialog box, specify one of the following:
- .\sqlexpress
- (local)\sqlexpress
- server name\sqlexpress
computer name
\instance name
. - Click Enter.
REFERENCES
For more information, see SQL Server 2005 Books Online.
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