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Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition Toolkit Service Pack 2

Brief Description
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition Toolkit provides additional tools and resources for SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services.

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File Name:SQLEXPR_TOOLKIT.EXE
Version:1.0
Date Published:2/17/2007
Language:English
Download Size:223.9 MB
Estimated Download Time: 9 hr 6 min 56K
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Overview

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition Toolkit (SQL Server Express Toolkit) provides additional tools and resources for SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services. The SQL Server Express Toolkit contains SQL Server 2005 Management Studio Express, a graphical management tool, and Business Intelligence Development Studio, a creation and editing environment for reports using SQL Server Reporting Services.

The SQL Server Express Toolkit contains these two components:

  • SQL Server 2005 Management Studio Express Edition – Easily manage SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services database instances with this free, easy-to-use graphical management tool.


  • Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) – Create and edit reports for SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services (SSRS). BIDS provides the ability to create and edit Reporting Services projects that are reporting on local relational data in local SQL Server Express databases.

For more information about SQL Server Express Toolkit, including other editions and downloadable components now available, see the SQL Server Express page on MSDN.

For a list of new features and improvements that are included in SQL Server 2005 SP2, review the What's New document.

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System Requirements

  • Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000 Service Pack 4; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1; Windows Vista; Windows XP Service Pack 2
  • Computer with Intel or compatible Pentium III 500 MHz or faster processor (1 GHz or faster is recommended.)
  • Minimum of 512 MB of RAM (1 GB or more is recommended.)
  • 600 MB of available hard disk space

Note: There is no support in this release for Windows XP Embedded Edition.

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Instructions

Note: You must have administrative rights on the computer to install SQL Server Express Toolkit.

    Step 1: For 32-bit platforms, download and install the 32-bit version of Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0. For 64-bit platforms (x64 and EMT64 only), download and install the 64-bit version of Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0.

    Step 2: Download SQL Server Express Toolkit by clicking the Download button at the top of this page. To start the installation immediately, click Run. To install SQL Server Express Toolkit at a later time, click Save. SQLExpr_Toolkit.exe is a self-extracting installation package of SQL Server Express Toolkit.

    Step 3: Follow the installation instructions provided in the Readme.

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