Mgmt Studio not supporting 7.0?

I tried using Mgmt Studio RTM to connect to SQL Server 7.0 instance and
received this:
"This version of Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio can only be used to
connect to SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2000 servers (ConnectionDlg)"
I thought Mgmt Studio was going to support 7.0?
Hi
No. 7.0 is really very close to end of life so no support for it.
Regards
Mike Epprecht, Microsoft SQL Server MVP
Zurich, Switzerland
IM: mike@.epprecht.net
MVP Program: http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
Blog: http://www.msmvps.com/epprecht/
"Johnny Ortega" <john.ortega@.quest.com> wrote in message
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>I tried using Mgmt Studio RTM to connect to SQL Server 7.0 instance and
> received this:
> "This version of Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio can only be used
> to
> connect to SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2000 servers (ConnectionDlg)"
> I thought Mgmt Studio was going to support 7.0?
>
|||Maybe part of the confusion is because the book 'Microsoft SQL Server 2005 -
Changing the Paradigm' mentions that SQL Server 7 will be supported (page
97).
Ben Nevarez
"Mike Epprecht (SQL MVP)" <mike@.epprecht.net> wrote in message
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> Hi
> No. 7.0 is really very close to end of life so no support for it.
> Regards
> --
> Mike Epprecht, Microsoft SQL Server MVP
> Zurich, Switzerland
> IM: mike@.epprecht.net
> MVP Program: http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
> Blog: http://www.msmvps.com/epprecht/
> "Johnny Ortega" <john.ortega@.quest.com> wrote in message
> news:uuklBLx5FHA.2956@.TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>
|||Hi
Lots of features get dropped from the Product over it's development life.
This support was dropped very early. SMO support for SQL Server 7.0 was
dropped very late and there is still documentation mentioning it.
During the development program, even e-mails were stale by the time most
people read them, let alone printed books.
Regards
Mike Epprecht, Microsoft SQL Server MVP
Zurich, Switzerland
IM: mike@.epprecht.net
MVP Program: http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
Blog: http://www.msmvps.com/epprecht/
"Ben Nevarez" <bnevarez@.sjm.com> wrote in message
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> Maybe part of the confusion is because the book 'Microsoft SQL Server
> 2005 - Changing the Paradigm' mentions that SQL Server 7 will be supported
> (page 97).
> Ben Nevarez
>
> "Mike Epprecht (SQL MVP)" <mike@.epprecht.net> wrote in message
> news:usTkijx5FHA.2628@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>