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.

Once terminated, the Feature Selection dialog is presented allowing us to install Management Tools basic and the SQL Client Connectivity SDK.

Disk space requiremets dialog indicates 488 MB are required for this x86 installation.

Installation time was a 10' task on this virtual machine, resulting in 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.

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

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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Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 sp1 download

Microsoft .NET Framework  3.5 sp1Client Profile Offline Installer

 The .NET Framework Client Profile Offline Installer download will enable developers to create a deployment experience for users that are not connected to the internet. The download package contains the .NET Framework Client Profile and the full .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1.

The .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 package contains all the binaries an end-user may need to install the correct version of the .NET Framework. This includes binaries for the appropriate OS, like Windows XP or Windows Vista, and the appropriate CPU type, like x86 or amd64. For more details on the deployment of the .

The Microsoft .NET Framework Client Profile is the subset of features and functionality needed for the installation and distribution of .NET Framework Client Profile for client applications. The subset of features contained in the Microsoft .NET Framework Client Profile are:

• Common Language Runtime
• ClickOnce
• Windows Forms
• Windows Presentation Foundation
• Windows Communication Foundation

The .NET Framework Client Profile enables:

• Faster installation of .NET Framework components
• Automatic updates for computers that have parts of the .NET Framework installed
• Integrated deployment of client applications with the .NET Framework Client Profile
• Customizable deployment of client applications when deployed using the Client Profile

System Requirements

• Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2008; Windows Vista; Windows XP

• Processor: 400 MHz Pentium processor or equivalent (Minimum); 1GHz Pentium processor or equivalent (Recommended)
• RAM: 96 MB (Minimum); 256 MB (Recommended)
• Hard Disk: Up to 500 MB of available space may be required
• CD or DVD Drive: Not required
• Display: 800 x 600, 256 colors (Minimum); 1024 x 768 high color, 32-bit (Recommended)

.NET Framework development tools like Visual Studio, will not function on .NET Framework 3.5 Client Profile. Developers will need to install full .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1.

Instructions

Important: Make sure you have the latest service pack and critical updates for the version of Windows on the computer. To look for recent updates, visit Windows Update.

1. Click the Download button on this page to start the download

2. To save the download to your computer for installation at a later time, click Save.

3. To cancel the installation, click Cancel.

NOTE: DotNetFx35Client.exe is the "offline" installer of the Client Profile that contains all the components necessary to install the Client Profile locally. This package contains the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 package. This package does not contain any localized resources.

Additional Information

If you have installed earlier pre-release versions of .NET Framework 3.5 Client Profile, then you must uninstall them prior to running this installation by using Add or Remove Programs.

The .NET Framework 3.5 Client Profile contains the installer for the full framework, .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1. For additional information on .NET Framework 3.5 SP1, please see the Related Resources.

For additional information on deploying client applications using the .NET Framework 3.5 Client Profile

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