Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Purchase "SQL Server Management Studio" full version?

We still run SQL Server 2000. We need access to the full version of "SQL Server Management Studio" in order to use the Red-Gate SQL Refactoring tool, without buying the full SQL Server 2005 system. (The Express version of Studio does not work with the Red-Gate tool.)

Can anyone advise if it is possible to get/buy (and if so, where) the full "SQL Server Management Studio" version? I can't see any links to it on the MS site.

TIA

Barry

Visual Studio 2005 Enterprise comes with SQL 2005 Developer.

http://www.microsoft.com/products/info/default.aspx?view=22&pcid=515c9859-958b-4433-b4f9-91f37258ca2f

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Amazon sells SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition for $42.00, which includes SQL Server Management Studio

http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-SQL-Server-Developer-2005/dp/B000BHQ5JW/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-8185052-9808937?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1172893384&sr=8-1

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As indicated above, the Developer Edition should work for your purposes -as long as it is ONLY used in the development environment.

However, if you 'touch' a production server with SSMS, you are out of license compliance.

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