SQL Server - repost

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Have set up Business Contact Manager (Office 2003) and was asked if I wanted
to be connected to SQL Server, clicked yes.
It now appears in my taskbar but I have no idea how to use it.
I don't know how to set it up, whether you have to pay for it, how to synch
it to a database etc.
Have looked for help on the subject but am none the wiser.
Could somebody please explain (in layman's terms) exactly what's involved?
 
You don't use the SQL Server portion of the program directly. It is a type
of link, in layman's terms, that the program uses to organize the data. It
should just sit there.
 
I see, thanks

ANDREA said:
You don't use the SQL Server portion of the program directly. It is a
type of link, in layman's terms, that the program uses to organize the
data. It should just sit there.
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Smirnoff said:
Have set up Business Contact Manager (Office 2003) and was asked if I
wanted to be connected to SQL Server, clicked yes.
It now appears in my taskbar but I have no idea how to use it.
I don't know how to set it up, whether you have to pay for it, how to
synch it to a database etc.
Have looked for help on the subject but am none the wiser.
Could somebody please explain (in layman's terms) exactly what's involved?
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This icon serves no purpose for you. You can stop it from showing up by
removing it from the Startup menu on your Start menu. It's called Service
Manager.

Alternatively, you can safely ignore it.

The reason why it's "Not Connected" is because by default the embedded SQL
instance that BCM uses is configured differently and prevents its status to
be shown through that tool. You can verify that your BCM SQL instance is
running in the services.msc tool (start -> run -> services.msc) and checking
that SQL services are set to "Running". SQL Agent services do not have to be
running for BCM to function.
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Leonid said:
This icon serves no purpose for you. You can stop it from showing up by
removing it from the Startup menu on your Start menu. It's called Service
Manager.

Alternatively, you can safely ignore it.

The reason why it's "Not Connected" is because by default the embedded SQL
instance that BCM uses is configured differently and prevents its status
to be shown through that tool. You can verify that your BCM SQL instance
is running in the services.msc tool (start -> run -> services.msc) and
checking that SQL services are set to "Running". SQL Agent services do
not have to be running for BCM to function.
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Very clear, thanks.
 
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