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SQL SERVER E-NEWSLETTER for April 24, 2003

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MANAGE CLIENT CONNECTIONS WITH THE CLIENT NETWORK UTILITY

The Client Network Utility is a graphical tool that helps database
administrators manage clients or other front-end applications that use the
services provided by SQL Server 2000.

Clients can include OLE DB consumers, which are applications that use
the Microsoft OLE DB providers to connect to SQL Server; ODBC applications
including client utilities such as Enterprise Manager and Query Analyzer;
and DB-Library clients such as the isql command prompt utility. 
Managing clients for all of these types of consumers requires configuring
connections with the server components of SQL Server.

You can use the Client Network Utility to create network protocol
connections to specified servers and to display information about the 
network libraries and the DB-Library version installed on the system.

You can reach the Client Network Utility by going to Programs |
Microsoft SQL Server | Client Network Utility.

There are four tabs available on the Client Network Utility:

* The General tab enables or disables protocols and allows you to view
your current settings. In addition, you can view the default connection
properties of the selected protocol.

* The Alias tab provides information about the server aliases
configurations, server aliases, and network libraries used for the configuration.
You can also add, remove, and edit a network library configuration here.

* The DB-Library Options tab provides information about the specific
DB-Library used by the system, including the path and filename, version,
date of installation, and size.

* The Network Libraries tab lists the SQL Server client libraries
currently installed, including the filename, version, file date, and size.

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