SQL Server Express WebLog

Update -- Update -- Update (6/1/2006) As of 6/1/2006 we have posted a corrected Express Advanced installer that does not require you to follow these steps. If you're unsure if you have the update, download a fresh copy from the SQL Express download...

Dan Fernandez writes today about some of the great content and news his team over at Visual Studio 2005 Express and the Coding 4 Fun folks are particularly excited about. Most notable: Visual Studio 2005 Express is now and forever completely FREE . ...

As a part of the release of SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 1 , we’re happy to announce the availability of a new package of SQL Server Express called Advanced Services. Advanced Services includes SQL Server Reporting Services and Full Text Search, along...

The SQL Server team recently released eight new SQL Server 2005 Report Packs for download . Use the Report Packs as way to get up and running on Reporting Services in SQL Server 2005 Express. The Report Packs include sample reports and databases for views...

We've just released a new white paper that discribes Management Studio Express and gives some of the basics of database administration. You can download the paper from http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/f/8/4f8f2dc9-a9a7-4b68-98cb-163482c95e0b/MgSQLExpwSSMSE...

We're looking for heroes! Want a chance to show off a cool way you’re using Visual Studio Express or SQL Server Express? We’re looking for your stories! Tell us about something that makes your life easier or is just plain fun and if we like it enough...

I’m happy to announce the release to public CTP of the following SQL Express Family products: SQL Server 2005 Express Editions SP1 SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services SQL Server 2005 Express Edition Toolkit SQL Server 2005 Management...

If you don't frequent Euan Garden's BLOG and you're interested in a history lesson on the Workload Governor in MSDE (and the fact that it doesn't existin in SQL Express), you should check out his recent post on the subject. http://blogs.msdn.com/euanga...

We’re very excited to announce this innovative new contest, designed to highlight cool people doing cool things with certain Microsoft® Express Edition software. So our challenge to you… can you Imagine the Possibilities? It's easy to enter the Made...

Microsoft, in conjunction with O'Reilly and Dr. Dobb's, is sponsoring the ASP.NET 2.0 Webcast Series . These 45 webcasts are meant to utilize your existing web dev skills in 3 different tracks: JSP, PHP, and ColdFusion. SQL Server Express will be featured...

Are you using SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and want to contribute to helping us continue to improve it? Now is your chance. We are about to start a beta program for the next update to SQL Express and are looking for beta testers who have experience...

The knowledgeable folks over at Windows IT Pro offer a great resource for SQL Server Express users: their twice-monthly free newsletter, SQL Server 2005 Express UPDATE. They have feature articles, community feedback, whitepapers, and SQL Server Express...

Visual Web Developer Express and Visual Basic Express have starter kits available for data-driven web sites that utilize SQL Server 2005 Express Edition. Visual Web Developer is another Express product geared toward hobbyists, enthusiasts, and students...

There are a lot of people downloading and installing SQL Server Express. One of the common questions we get is “What should I do next?” We’ve worked hard creating a great product that easy to use, free to download and distribute, and bundled with good...

We’re in the process of assessing the content that exists to help people learn and use SQL Server Express. This includes demos, tutorials, whitepapers, Webcasts, Starter Kits, and any other type of content you could imagine. So this is a great chance...

In an effort to continually improve SQL Express, I am curious to know if you have run into setup and configuration issues. We are in the process of product planning and would love to hear your stories good or bad on this experience as well as any constructive...

If you haven't seen it yet, check Rob Walters' articles on how to embed SQL Express into your application's installation. ( http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb264562.aspx ) This article covers the basics about the acceptable command line parameters...

I know that many people were concerned when we made the choice to pull Express Manager from the list of tools that would be available for SQL Express. In order to address that concern, we promised a scaled back version of Management Studio to meet the...

Unless this is the first time you've looked at your computer all day, and the SQL Express blog is the first page you've looked at, you're probably aware that SQL Server 2005 officially launched today. Just check out Microsoft's Homepage and the SQL Server...

The SQL Server 2005 September CTP is now available; if you’re interested in checking out the latest versions of SQL Express, here are some resources to help you out when you’re installing the build. Make sure to follow all the instructions on the download...

The dedicated admin connection is a new SQL Server 2005 feature that allows a single user (an admin) to connect to SQL server when normal connection attempts fail, for example, when server is hanging, out of memory or other bad states that it's not responding...

Some users have been reporting an error they see when trying to uninstall SQL Express, this error says, "The Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 is not installed. Please install before running setup." Since SQL Setup leverages .NET for all SKUs, the workaround...

In some cases on a non-English OS, the SQL Server Service will fail to start. The workaround for this problem is to run the service as Local System or a Domain user account and not the Network Service Account (which is set if you do a default installation...

Updated The information in this posting is superseded by the following KB Article: 914277 How to configure SQL Server 2005 to allow remote connections http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;914277 ------------------------------...

“SQL Server 2005 Express December CTP” is the second community technology preview release of SQL Express 2005 (the first one was in October). The instructions and corresponding CTP executable can be downloaded from here . At this download page, you will...