>>Gotcha. Makes sense. Yes, I have wondered about the distribution issue for SSE. Haven't really seen a good methodology for a simple unattended install and config of SSE. Fortunately, at this point, this is not something I have had to do.
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>There are MSI files for distribution I believe, but frankly if you sell an application that uses SSE I would build the app so it works with SQL Server and then make a SQL Server install a pre-requisite and let the customer install it. That way they can choose the version they want to use and properly configure security etc. A canned install with Windows Auth works too, but it's pretty heavy handed.
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>+++ Rick ---

Ok, yes, that sounds reasonable and I will keep this in mind if I face this challenge in the future ( hopefully not :-) ).

Thx, Bill