My Attempt To Install SSMS on Citrix….Fail

I had a goal in mind:  install SSMS on Citrix so that if I had to look at one of my SQL servers, I would not need to remote desktop into my desktop or the server itself, in case I needed to look at multiple servers.  I wanted just to set up SSMS on the Citrix server as an application so that I could quickly assess problems and avoid redecorating my three monitors when the icons get squished down into one RDP session.

 I downloaded the 2008 R2 SSMS installer from Microsoft instead of using my media.  After running the installer, I get the following error:

SSMS Install Error

 When I run Windows Update, there are no updates available for Visual Studio. 
 
Has anyone seen this before?  My Citrix administrator does not know how to proceed.  I have never seen this before.  Any ideas?
 
I will blog the solution tomorrow!  Enjoy!
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Microsoft Data Platform MVP, Florida Gator, Star Wars fanatic and is there anything else...oh yeah PS4! I am a geek and SQL Server Business Intelligence Consultant, there are other technologies greater than these? Not so fast my friend! I also love to travel to new and exotic places.

Posted on February 16, 2012, in Troubleshooting and tagged , , , , . Bookmark the permalink. 1 Comment.

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