• It is in SSMS Express that Microsoft took out the addins and extensibility. One can only guess that Microsoft saw it as an easy way of differentiating the two products, in the hope that you'll want to upgrade. It makes it  more awkward for any provider of Add-ins like SQL Refactorer because of the need to explain to customers, and those trying them out, why the product won't work on certain versions of SSMS.

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    Phil Factor