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title: "Installing SMO | Microsoft Docs"
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# Installing SMO
  If you want to develop an application that uses [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] Management Objects (SMO), you should select the Client Tools SDK when you install [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)]. To install the Client Tooks SDK without installing [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)], install Shared Management Objects from the [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] feature pack. If you want to ensure that [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] Management Objects is installed on a computer that will run your application, you can use the Shared Management Objects .msi in the [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] feature pack.  
  
 By default, the SMO assemblies are installed in the [!INCLUDE[ssSampPathSDK](../../includes/sssamppathsdk-md.md)] directory.  
  
## See Also  
 [Quick-Start Installation of SQL Server 2014](../../getting-started/quick-start-installation-of-sql-server-2014.md)