[dba-SQLServer]MSDE Installation

Francisco H Tapia my.lists at verizon.net
Mon Sep 22 12:10:33 CDT 2003


John Colby wrote:

> Does anyone know how MSDE gets installed?  What it is a part of?
> 
> I want to use MSDE as the database engine for .net development for some
> lightweight demo apps and games.  I haven't a clue where it comes from
> (other than the Access disks).  Is it just there for .net?  If not is it
> available for a download (for free?)?  If so, how do I get it installed on a
> remote computer?

MSDE 2.0 (aka Sql Server Desktop) is available for a free download from 
MS site, IIRC the license to re-distribute is granted w/ Visual 
Studio.net and you get redistribution rights of MSDE 1.0 with Office 
2000 developer.

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-Francisco
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