MSDE not supported on Vista? Yikes!

Whoah. According to this post, MSDE won’t be supported on Windows Vista. This is the first I’ve heard of this, and I have to say it’s pretty surprising. One of my company’s products depends on MSDE – it’s disappointing to think that it won’t be Vista compatible without a pretty major change.

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  • 'supported' as in: you won't get help, or it won't run? Because I really doubt they messed up MSDE so much that it won't run on vista.

  • You would be surprised just how easily SQL Express can be swapped for MSDE.

    The only real difference is that SQL Express is a thousand times easier to install and manage.

  • That would be really bad news if it didn't work, because there are a whole lot of apps out there that secretly use MSDE.

  • One of the other dilemmas is the fact that some vendors who use MSDE are a little hesitant about upgrading the instances they use in the future to SQL 2005 Express. It seems as though we (rhetorically speaking) are being painted into a corner...one that will certainly delay Vista migration for a number of companies.

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