With SQL Server 7.0, MSDE installation includes DTS and some management tools. Apparently, with SQL Server 2000, MSDE is truly just a database engine. Nothing more. If you need some management tools, you have to go to Personal Edition.

But, OTOH, you can always use Access 2000 to make up for the management tools, right?


>>Apparently, what we now call MSDE will be SQL Server 2000 Personal Edition.
>>It will still be optimized for 5 users and have the normal SQL Server
>>management tools.
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>>What will be called MSDE for SQL Server 2000 is the SQL Server 2000 Desktop
>>Engine. This will be limited to 5 users as well but will have some of the
>>functionality stripped out (merge replication and others) and no UI or tools.
>>The database size will also be limited. Apparently, this is meant strictly
>>for offline or embedded data storage.
>
>John, I'm confused: what you've described here sounds a lot like things currently are. What's the difference?