I am not arguing with you. I really don't know what version of SSMS the DBA installed.
>It isn't SQL Server Express that's the issue, it SSMS Express, which is a scaled-down version of SSMS.
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>By default, SQL Server Express is installed with the instance name of machine\SQLEXPRESS. You can use that when you connect.
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>>Microsoft would never hind anything from me <g>.
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