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SQL Server 2008 Upgrade Whitepaper

The SQL Server Engineering team has released a masive white paper that details upgrading to SQL Server 2008. It's all good information, but if you're reading this blog you're probably interested in chapter 10, which specifically covers SQL Server 2008 Read More...
Posted Friday, December 05, 2008 12:50 PM by sqlexpress | 0 Comments
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Getting SQL Server 2008 Express on a DVD

A small but persistent group of developers has been asking for SQL Server Express to be released on media, most commonly from those folks who live in areas without broadband Internet (yes, there are still such areas) for whom downloading an 80 MB package Read More...
Posted Monday, November 10, 2008 12:27 PM by sqlexpress | 2 Comments
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Announcing the SQL Express 2008 Installation Package

FYI: SQL Server MVP Andrea Montanari has posted his own summary of the experience of using this tool including screen shots of the UI. A quick and useful read to get you familiar with the tool. The SQL Express 2008 Installation Package (Express Wrapper) Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 05, 2008 8:35 PM by sqlexpress | 3 Comments
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FAQ: Switching between SQL Server 2008 edtions

There is an extra step that you need to take when upgrading from one edition of SQL Server 2008 to another, for example when upgrading from Express to Express with Tools. This extra step is called Edition Upgrade (sometimes SKU Upgrade) and the net result Read More...
Posted Sunday, August 24, 2008 1:26 PM by sqlexpress | 5 Comments
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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: ยท 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

Understanding SQL Express behavior: Idle time resource usage, AUTO_CLOSE and User Instances

I've gotten a number of questions recently asking how SQL Express uses resources during idle time, and how that behavior impacts the way SQL Express behaves "on first connection" after being idle for a period of time. While many of these questions have Read More...
Posted Friday, February 22, 2008 8:07 PM by sqlexpress | 10 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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New benefits for Registration and new Absolute Beginners Videos

The SQL Express team has been working hard to increase the offerings the help you learn and use SQL Express. Be sure to check out these new offerings. Mike SQL Server Express Registration Benefits Update We recently update the 'Welcome' e-mail sent to Read More...
Posted Friday, January 05, 2007 1:29 PM by sqlexpress | 1 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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SQL Express SP2 and Windows Vista UAC

Now that SQL Server 2005 SP2 has been released I thought I should make good on my promise to explain more about how we handle Windows Vista User Access Control in SQL Express SP2. I explained earlier that UAC works by removing the administrator ACEs from Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 10:38 PM by sqlexpress | 5 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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