How to obtain SQL Server Management Studio Express (SSMSE) community technology preview (CTP) (907716)

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

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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:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5

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:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=993c0bcf-3bcf-4009-be21-27e85e1857b1

Obtain the SSMSE CTP

To download SSMSE, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=82AFBD59-57A4-455E-A2D6-1D4C98D40F6E

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
Note The default installation of SQL Server Express uses an instance name (SQLExpress). This instance name must be provided to connect to SQL Server Express by using SSMSE. If you have a instance name other than SQLExpress, connect by using computer name\instance name.
Click Enter.