Where is the SQL Server 2005 Express Manager Sep CTP?

Microsoft has posted a September CTP of SQL Server 2005 Express, details at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx familyid=6E4AAC3A-9D85-4734-B1FD-318FB83B0D29&displaylang=en.

But no September version of Express Manager can be found, and we are unable to install the June CTP of Express Manager because of an installation problem that it reports: "This computer must have at least Windows 200 SP4 and the user must have administrator privleges in order to continue. Also, you must first install the SMO Components and the .NET Framework version 2.0."

With regard to the above message, the only outstanding possibility is that we've not installed SMO Components (and wouldn't know which installation would be appropriate). Previously, with the June CTP of Express and Express Manager, this installation issue did not come up. We suspect that a corresponding compatible September CTP of Express Manager is needed.

Has anyone been successful installing the September CTP of Express and (any) Express Manager What does Microsoft expect us to use for a Manager tool Will an Express Manager be made available for use with the September CTP of Express

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Where is the SQL Server 2005 Express Manager Sep CTP?

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SQL Server Management Studio Express Edition (SSMS-EE) can be downloaded from: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx FamilyID=82afbd59-57a4-455e-a2d6-1d4c98d40f6e&DisplayLang=en. SQL Server Express Manager has been depricated - it was never officially released (only released as a CTP). SSMS-EE replaces Express Manager.

This will install the correct version of SMO app local. In otherwords, there is no need to install a separate SMO download. SSMS-EE required changes to SMO that will be rolled into SP1, until then we chose to install SMO app local so we didn't have any conflict with the version of SMO already installed on the machine.

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Dan
Jack Murry
Hi

Have you managed to establish which SMO to install to get Express Manager working
Mischael A.Gerasimov
September CTP comes with various editions of SQL 2k5, checkhttp://www.activewin.com/awin/comments.asp HeadlineIndex=31528&Group=1 link.

HTH
CarlatFord
You would have thought that Microsoft would warn about this before you go to all the trouble of downloading and installing the September CTP of SQL05 Express.

Does the developer edition come with the Manager Or is it a completely separate tool

cheryl8150

I was at a Microsoft presentation about SQL Server 2005 last week, and they told us they wanted to write a better version of Express Manager because of bad feedback about it, so they took it out for now.

From http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2005/09/15/467774.aspx:

You’ll notice that Express Manager is no longer available and the earlier
version will not work with this current CTP. SQL Server Management Studio
(SSMS), which is included with other editions of SQL Server, will allow you
to connect to and manage SQL Express instances. You can get other editions
of SQL Server from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/2005/productinfo/ctp.mspx

Where is the SQL Server 2005 Express Manager Sep CTP?

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