Thursday, July 24, 2008

New SharePoint Video Tutorial: Installing SQL Server Management S tudio Express Edition And Connecting To The SharePoint Database

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Behind the scenes of Windows SharePoint Services(WSS), is Microsoft SQL Server. If you allow SQL to install the SQL Server 2005 Embedded Edition when you first install WSS, you can then take advantage of SQL management for your database. By visiting www.Microsoft.com/sql you can download the SQL Server Managemnt Studio (SSMS) Express Edition, which we will be installing in this video. In this video tutorial, Grant will walk you through the complete installation of SSMS and demonstrate to you how you can connect to your SharePoint database.

Highlights from this video:
  • Setting up your install
  • Browsing for/connecting to your server when working in SSMS
    • The magic string for connecting to your SharePoint server
  • Navigating the Object Explorer in SSMS
  • What can we do with our information in our database?
  • Browsing through your tables
and much more


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Keywords Associated with this video: install, ssms, sql server, management studio, connect, database, installing,