Friday, June 25, 2010

Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 Management Studio Express

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management Studio Express is a free, integrated environment for accessing, configuring, managing, administering, and developing all components of SQL Server, as well as combining a broad group of graphical tools and rich script editors that provide access to SQL Server to developers and administrators of all skill levels.
instalization process:
After the execution of the traditional configuration checks, we have to chose what to install, eve if all the editions choice dialog is grayed out allowing the installation of a free edition (SQLExpress) only.
Product key dialog
Once terminated, the Feature Selection dialog is presented allowing us to install Management Tools basic and the SQL Client Connectivity SDK.
Feature Selection
Disk space requiremets dialog indicates 488 MB are required for this x86 installation.
Disk space requirements
Installation time was a 10' task on this virtual machine, resulting in success.
Installation success
Once terminated, SQL Server Management Studio basic, as well as additional (and limited) Integration Services utilities, ahs been installed, as indicated by the available application in the Program folder.
SSMSE installed
Accessing basic and full versions of SQL Server Management Studio shows, at first glance, the lack of Profiler and Database Tuning Advisor in the Tools section
SSMS and SSMSE first difference
but this can not be ralated to the tool itself as SQL Server Management Studio installed by SQLExpress With Tools and SQLExpress With Advanced Services does not whoh it too, but this is rasonably as SQLExpress does not install Profiler at all.
As regard this particular issue, this missing feature can be replaced with another free t

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