Sean Lange (7/12/2013)
Wow that would the first time that an older version of SSMS can connect to a newer version. Interesting.
No, SSMS 2005 SP3 can connect to SQL 2008 as well. And good ol' Query Analyzer can connect to all versions.
[font="Times New Roman"]Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, www.sommarskog.se[/font]