https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sim-and-sql-2005-express/m-p/4960471#M46994 HP SIM 5.0 for Windows supports the included Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine (MSDE) or optionally, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or Oracle (See Quickspecs at <A href="http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim)." target="_blank">http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim).</A> It does not support SQL 2005 or other databases. Support for SQL 2005 will be included in a future release. Thu, 16 Feb 2006 14:54:33 GMT David Claypool 2006-02-16T14:54:33Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sim-and-sql-2005-express/m-p/4960470#M46993 Is it possible to run SIMS with 2005 Express? Is there any difference in configuration?<BR /><BR />Thanks Thu, 16 Feb 2006 11:32:25 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sim-and-sql-2005-express/m-p/4960470#M46993 Bill Kizer 2006-02-16T11:32:25Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sim-and-sql-2005-express/m-p/4960471#M46994 HP SIM 5.0 for Windows supports the included Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine (MSDE) or optionally, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or Oracle (See Quickspecs at <A href="http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim)." target="_blank">http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim).</A> It does not support SQL 2005 or other databases. Support for SQL 2005 will be included in a future release. Thu, 16 Feb 2006 14:54:33 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sim-and-sql-2005-express/m-p/4960471#M46994 David Claypool 2006-02-16T14:54:33Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sim-and-sql-2005-express/m-p/4960472#M46995 Not exactly what I wanted to here, but that's just the limitation. Thanks for the answer. Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:01:42 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sim-and-sql-2005-express/m-p/4960472#M46995 Bill Kizer 2006-02-16T16:01:42Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sim-and-sql-2005-express/m-p/4960473#M46996 The question was answered appropriately. Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:03:51 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sim-and-sql-2005-express/m-p/4960473#M46996 Bill Kizer 2006-02-16T16:03:51Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sim-and-sql-2005-express/m-p/4960474#M46997 Hiya,<BR /><BR />I'm currently running HPSIM on SQL 2005 Express - upgraded the MSDE post-installation..<BR />No problems so far =) Fri, 17 Feb 2006 02:29:11 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sim-and-sql-2005-express/m-p/4960474#M46997 Craig McK 2006-02-17T02:29:11Z