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SQL Server 2008 Express is now live!

I promised an update on SQL Express availability in my last post about the release of SQL Server 2008 so here it is. SQL Server 2008 Express is now available along with the release of the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1, which is a prerequisite and Visual Studio Read More...
Posted Monday, August 11, 2008 12:48 PM by sqlexpress | 9 Comments
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What's up with SQL Server 2008 Express editions

Microsoft has announced the release of SQL Server 2008 and that means it time for another post about SQL Server Express. The press release indicated that SQL Express is already available, but those of you who have followed the link have found that it Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 07, 2008 7:49 PM by sqlexpress | 14 Comments
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SQL Server 2008 Express RC0

It's time for another release post, this time for RC0 of SQL Server 2008 Express and SQL Server 2008 Express with Advanced Services. Here is the information that everyone is waiting to hear about the SQL Express product line. (Note: If you're the impatient Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 10, 2008 11:27 AM by sqlexpress | 10 Comments
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SQL Server Express and Hosting

Several questions have come up lately regarding whether SQL Server Express is an appropriate product to be used in a hosting environment. Here are the answers: · User Instances (also known as RANU) available with SQL Server Express Edition, are NOT RECOMMENDED Read More...
Posted Friday, February 22, 2008 8:49 PM by sqlexpress | 4 Comments

Opinion Poll: Creating Reports in SQL Express 2008

The Reporting Services team is developing a new report designer tool that we're considering including in SQL Server Express 2008 with Advanced Services. This new report designer has a different user experience that is more geared toward information workers Read More...
Posted Friday, December 14, 2007 7:09 PM by sqlexpress | 9 Comments
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SQL Express SP2 available on Microsoft Update

Just a quick not to let you know that the SP2 update for SQL Express, SQL Express with Advanced Services and SQL Express Toolkit are being published to Microsoft Update today. These are automatic updates and will apply to computers based on your Microsoft Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 07, 2007 12:00 PM by sqlexpress | 3 Comments
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SQL Server 2005 SP2 has been released

It's been a long road filled with many shouts of "Are we there yet?", so I'm happy to say that yes, we're there now. SP2 has finally be released. You can find the SQL Express SP2 bits on the SQL Express download page along with several other related downloads. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 20, 2007 11:01 AM by sqlexpress | 20 Comments
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SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition - Final Release available!

If you've been reading this blog or the SQL Express Forum you've undoubtably seen me write about SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition (SQL CE) as an alternative database for use when writing client applications that require local data storage. SQL CE is the Read More...
Posted Monday, January 15, 2007 3:35 PM by sqlexpress | 0 Comments
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Inaccuracies in recent CNNMoney.com article about SQL Express and Windows Vista

Owen Thomas wrote an article for the Business 2.0 secton of CNNMoney.com on December 15,2006 that made some inaccurate claims about SQL Express compatibility with the upcomming Windows Vista operating system. Mr. Thomas wrote that you "can't run the current Read More...
Posted Tuesday, December 19, 2006 1:31 PM by sqlexpress | 3 Comments
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Database Publishing Wizard - CTP2

Our web hosting team within SQL Server has reached another milestone with the second CTP of the Database Publishing Wizard. Congratulations to the team! Here is the announcements in their own words explaining some of the updates and changes. - Mike Today, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 9:10 PM by sqlexpress | 1 Comments
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SQL Express SP2 - November CTP now available

The November CTP of SQL Express SP2 is available at a download center near you. As I've written before , SQL Express SP1 has a few known issues when running on Windows Vista, SP2 is where we've addressed these issues and is what we recommend using for Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 6:50 PM by sqlexpress | 1 Comments
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Database Publishing Wizard CTP

Getting a database from your development computer onto your web hosters computer can be a challenge. We've been working to make this process easier by developing a tool to completely script out your database so that you can run the script on your hosters Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 18, 2006 5:22 PM by sqlexpress | 0 Comments
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Community Voting Now Open in Made In Express Contest

The Made In Express Contest finalists have built and submitted their projects. It's time for our esteemed judges, and YOU, to tell which ones you like the best. What’s your favorite? Choose from an X-10 smart house system, a poker bot simulator, an all Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 17, 2006 1:10 AM by sqlexpress | 0 Comments
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Yes it's true: MSDE will not be supported on Windows Vista

There have been a few blog postings (most notably Eric Nelson's post on July 12) about the fact that MSDE 1.0 and 2000 will not be supported on Windows Vista and Longhorn. It's high time I made it official: MSDE 1.0 and 2000 will not be supported on Windows Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 09, 2006 4:42 PM by sqlexpress | 11 Comments
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Best Practice Analyzer for ASP.NET

Joe Morel, from the Developer Solutions team just blogged about the Alpha release of the ASP.NET BPA , a tool that will help users properly configure their ASP.NET sites. Those of you that build data bound ASP.NET sites know that configuring the site Read More...
Posted Friday, June 30, 2006 8:33 PM by sqlexpress | 0 Comments
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