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Removing Most Recently Used (MRU) Server Names from the Connection Dialog

The Server name drop-down list box in the Connection dialog stores the 10 most recently used (MRU) server names (see Figure 4-25). The Connection dialog stores the server name after it has successfully connected to the server. Although this is a convenient feature, there are situations in which you may want to remove the dormant servers from this list or remove all the entries for security reasons. You may also want to copy the list to another workstation or share it with another user.

Figure 4-25 Making a DAC connection from Management Studio.
The server name MRU list is distinct for each user on a computer. The list is stored in a file named mru.dat under the Application Data directory for each user:

C:\Documents and Settings\\Application DataMicrosoft\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\Shell\mru.dat

Importing Registered Servers from Enterprise Manager

SQL Server 2005 provides the functionality to keep your SQL Server 2000 registered servers during both upgrade and migration to SQL Server 2005.
If you upgrade an instance of SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005 by using the SQL Server 2005 setup program, the old Registered Servers in Enterprise Manager are automatically upgraded to registered servers in Management Studio. However, if you do a side-by-side installation of SQL Server 2005 on the same computer as SQL Server 2000, Enterprise Manager and Management Studio do not share the same registered servers. In this case, you can optionally import the SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Manager registered servers to Management Studio. To do this, right-click on the Database Engine node in the Registered Servers window in Management Studio and select Previously Registered Servers (See Figure 4-28).

Figure 4-28 Migrating registered servers from Enterprise Manager.

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