Does SQL Server Management Studio 2008 Activity Monitor work with SQL Server 2000?

Posted by Andrew Janke on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Andrew Janke
Published on 2010-04-16T15:37:32Z Indexed on 2010/04/16 15:43 UTC
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I am trying to use SQL Server Management Studio 2008's Activity Monitor with an SQL Server 2000 instance to diagnose some query performance issues. I can connect SMSS 2008 to the db fine, and use it to browse objects and run queries. But when I press the Activity Monitor button, it pops up an error message saying:

Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
This operation does not support connections to Microsoft SQL Server Personal Edition version 8.00.818.

This MSDN article implies that Activity Monitor works with SQL Server 2000. Is it the fact that it's Personal Edition that's preventing it from working? The error message isn't clear whether it's the edition or version that's the problem.

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