How to install “SQL Server 2008 Management Studio Express”

If you google for “SQL Server 2008 Management Studio Express” you will find a MS resource which downloads a 172MB setup.

But this setup does not offer a separate “SQL Server 2008 Management Studio Express” option. Why ever.

So i startet a new search and i found this solution:

Download & install the web platform installer http://www.microsoft.com/web/Downloads/platform.aspx

Start the installer

and use the “customize” link in the Database section to activate “SQL Server 2008 Management Studio Express” option