RE: Decouple the Tools – SQLServerCentral

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March 5, 2018 at 8:54 am

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor - Monday, March 5, 2018 6:45 AM
Cary Hower-563110 - Monday, March 5, 2018 5:34 AM
From a strictly product point of view I can understand and even agree with the decoupling. However, for those of us who have to maintain SQL Server instances that cannot connect to the Internet, this is becoming a major pain. I would like Microsoft to be more aware of those of us that don't have access to the Internet and consider an alternate delivery mechanism.
They should have offline, easier to install mechanisms, I agree.

Curious about what sort of approach folks are thinking of here. Cory mentioned being 'offline' and my suspicion, being the too-literal thinker I tend to be :), is that this would not mean DVDs but rather a controlled download from a secure location. I was thinking that some sort of 'widget' could monitor versions and provide suggestions or something similar.

In other words, what practical approaches would work?