Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition Toolkit (SQL Server Express Toolkit) provides additional tools and resources for SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services. The SQL Server Express Toolkit contains SQL Server 2005 Management Studio Express, a graphical management tool, and Business Intelligence Development Studio, a creation and editing environment for reports using SQL Server Reporting Services.
The SQL Server Express Toolkit contains these two components:
- SQL Server 2005 Management Studio Express Edition – Easily manage SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services database instances with this free, easy-to-use graphical management tool.
- Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) – Create and edit reports for SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services (SSRS). BIDS provides the ability to create and edit Reporting Services projects that are reporting on local relational data in local SQL Server Express databases.
For more information about SQL Server Express Toolkit, including other editions and downloadable components now available, see the SQL Server Express page on MSDN.