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codeulike
Asked: 2010-04-22 02:43:41 +0800 CST

SQL Server 2008 Trial - How many days left?

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If you have SQL Server 2008 Trial edition installed, how can you find out how many days are left?

It doesn't seem to be in the Help-About dialog, or anywhere obvious.

edit: Ok, so it did turn out to be in Help-About, see answers...

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  1. Best Answer

    Apparently, in Management Studio, under Help > About, you'll find what you're looking for.

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    EDIT: Then there's this one too:

    To check how many days left for your trial version you can check out the folder under the following path<>\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Setup Bootstrap\Log... the creation date of the folder would let you know how long you have been using it. Apart from this, i am not aware of any other places in the DB or server that it is maintained.

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  2. For SQl server you have to use management studio:

    Help menu --> About --> Now you will see something like this

    Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Complete (expires in 127 days) 10.0.2531.0

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  3. When you installed licensed SSMS (Client Tools) and Installed Evolution version of SQL Server then it does not works.

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