I suppose you could "cheat" a bit on this if you could get a hold of the SQL Server 2000 Beta. It's somewhat stable and, last I checked, very cheap.

>I've tried Access interface, but it lacks some features of EM I need. I used to manage MSDE using a copy of SQL7 installed in another machine, but now MSDE is installed in a customer network, without SQL7 license, so I need another trick. I'm checking the name space help today, as Andrew suggested.
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>Thanks to all.
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>>Hi Victor:
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>>Two ways.....either by having the fullblown SQL Server installed somewhere that can access MSDE (as Francisco pointed out) or by using Access 2000 and creating an Access project. The Access interface to the MSDE database closely mirrors the UI from the SQL Server management tools.
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>>>Hi all
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>>>Is there a way to have the enterprise manager environment working with MSDE?
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>>>TIA