Can I use Management Studio Express to do tasks like querying, backing up and shrinking db, on a SQL Server Enterprise 2005?
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Can I use Management Studio Express to do tasks like querying, backing up and shrinking db, on a SQL Server Enterprise 2005?
There are certain tasks you will not be able to do; for example, you cannot manage SQL Server Agent jobs, use the Import/Export wizard, run traces with SQL Server, or run some of the canned reports.
If the lowest version of SQL Server you have to manage is SQL Server 2005, I highly recommend abandoning the 2005 version of Management Studio Express and getting the most recent 2012 version. It is the first version of the Express Edition tools that actually supports all of the functionality instead of a subset. Download the latest version here:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssms/download-sql-server-management-studio-ssms
As an aside, you really should not be shrinking your database except in response to an abnormal event.