Friday, February 24, 2012

Client utilities for MSDE

Hi,

I heard from a guy that the client utilities (Enterprice Manager and Query Analyser) that are on the Sql Server 2000 CD can be fetched separatly from Microsoft and that they can be deployed with MSDE to a potential customer.

Is that correct?

And if it is, where can I obtain those client apps?

TIA

OhlywohlyNope. You can't get the client utilities for free (legally), and deploy it to a customer.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/sql/downloads/tools/default.aspx

That's what you're limited to.|||You absolutely cannot deploy the Client Tools with MSDE to a customer! The whole point of MSDE is that it's an engine and your application should supply the means necessary to manage it.

If the client already owns a version of SQL Server then they may legally use the Client Tools to manage MSDE.

Unfortunately the Client Tools are not available for purchase separately. You might consider a set of 3rd party tools.

Terri
Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer nor a licensing expert

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