amy.holzinger (1/11/2017)
I installed just SSMS. I installed it on my PC so that I could connect to our SQL Server 2012 instance which is on a separate server. When I installed SQL Server 2012 on the *server*, it also installed SSMS on the server, and that is working fine. I tried to install SSMS on my PC from the server ISO, but the server ISO is 64-bit and my PC is 32-bit, so no go.I checked out the link you provided from my PC, just in case, but it says: There are no SQL Server instances or shared features that can be updated on this computer.
Well, I have no idea what SSMS version you have from where or what. But typically in your scenario, people will install SQL Server Express. Or just install the latest version of SSMS as the installer works on 64 and 32 bit. You can use the current version of SSMS against a 2012 instance.
The latest version of SSMS is available here:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt238290.aspx
If you really want SSMS 2012 then you can get the 32 bit Express Edition here:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=43351
Sue