>Hi Fabio,
>
>I'm afraid that you've lost me here.
>

>Is it that SQLEXPRESS is a service running on the server SAMAAN5?

Of course, the service name is SAMAAN5\SQLEXPRESS

>
>Are you saying that I can use ListAvailableSQLServices instead of ListAvailableSQLServers in my code to get the services? I tried that but there is no such property of the SQLDMO object that I can see.
>
>Thanks for your help.
>

I said that SQLDMO.ListAvailableSQLServers mean ListAvailableSQLServices.

NetServerEnum don't return services.

>>
>>NetServerEnum return Server list where a specified service run
>>
>>SAMAAN5\SQLEXPRESS is a MSSQL service running in SAMAAN5.
>>
>>With other words, the list contain unique names.
>>
>>the SQLDMO's property "ListAvailableSQLServers"
>>is "ListAvailableSQLServices"
>>