> Is there actually a local MSDE SQL server running on the ISA Server or > is the ISA server simply writing the data to the MDF/LDF files all on its own. > What I am curious about is accessing the MSDE databases via an ODBC > connection which is possible to do through MSDE. I can't confirm with ISA for sure, but I have other application that use MSDE database and I am able to access them with ODBC. FYI: You can also use the SQL Enterprise manager tool to manage the MSDE databases for backups and such things. Brian