This software you can use to assist the purposes of administration of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 database that you have. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management Studio Express is a free integrated environment that can be used for accessing, managing, administering, and developing all components of SQL Server, as well as combining a large number of graphical tools and rich script editor that provides access to SQL Server developers and administrators in all levels of ability. Developer will not feel any problems using this tool, and database administrator (DBA) to get a comprehensive utility that combines the capabilities and rich graphical script editor tool.
Windows operating system that you can use to run Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management Studio Express is Windows 7, Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 2 , or Windows XP Service Pack 3. While the computer is used requires an Intel processor (or that are compatible) 1 GHz and above, minimum capacity of 512 MB RAM, and free space on your hard disk is about 1 GB.
Then, how to install Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management Studio Express on your Windows computer? The first step is to download the file installer of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management Studio Express. Then, there are prerequisites that you must first download and install Microsoft. NET Framework 3.5 SP1, Windows Installer 4.5, and Windows PowerShell 1.0 (only if your computer does not already have one). And when starting the install process, then you must have administrative rights on the computer. That is, you have to log in as an administrator or a user with administrator privillege to install Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management Studio Express.
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management Studio Express is available for both x86 architecture computers and x64 architecture computers. Make sure that you have checked the requirements needed on the computer before performing the installation process. To anticipate things that are not desirable, it would be nice also if you create a Restore Point in System Restore. So you can restore the computer to normal state when there are problems during the installation process.
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