Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services

Brief Description

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services is a new, free, easy-to use version of SQL Server Express that includes more features and makes it easier than ever to start developing powerful data-driven applications for web or local desktop development.

Overview

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services (SQL Server Express) is a new, free, easy-to-use version of SQL Server Express that includes a new graphical management tool and powerful features for reporting and advanced text-based searches. SQL Server Express provides powerful and reliable data management tools and rich features, data protection, and fast performance. It is ideal for embedded application clients, light Web applications, and local data stores.

SQL Server Express with Advanced Services has all of the features in SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, plus you can:

Easily manage and administer SQL Server Express with a new easy-to-use graphical management tool -- SQL Server 2005 Management Studio Express (SSMSE).

Issue full-text queries against plain character-based data in SQL Server tables. Full-text queries can include words and phrases, or multiple forms of a word or phrase.

Run SQL Server Reporting Services reports on local relational data.

Free to download, free to deploy, and free to redistribute as an embedded part of an application, SQL Server Express with Advanced Services is the fast and easy way to develop and manage data-driven applications with powerful built-in reporting and full-text search functionality.

For more information about SQL Server Express, including other editions and downloadable components now available, see the SQL Server Express page on MSDN.

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System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000 Service Pack 4; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1; Windows XP Service Pack 2

Computer with Intel or compatible Pentium III 500 MHz or faster processor (1 GHz or faster is recommended.)
Minimum of 512 MB of RAM (1 GB or more is recommended.)
600 MB of available hard disk space

Note: SQL Server Express with Advanced Services requires IIS 5.0 or later to run Reporting Services.

Note: There is no support in this release for Windows XP Embedded Edition.

Warning: You must remove any beta or Community Technology Preview (CTP) versions of SQL Server Management Studio Express from your system before installing this package. Not doing so will cause installation of this package to fail.

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Instructions

Note: You must have administrative rights on the computer to install SQL Server Express.

Step 1:

the 32-bit version of Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

the 64-bit version of Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

Step 2:

Download

Run

Save

Step 3:

Readme

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Additional Information

Get updated product documentation for SQL Server Express from the SQL Server 2005 Books Online.

Download samples and sample databases from the Microsoft Download Center.

SQL Server Express is supported on x64 and EMT64 systems in Windows On Windows (WOW). SQL Server Express is not supported on IA64 systems.

If you have questions about SQL Server Express, visit the SQL Server Express forums on MSDN.

If you want to remove SQL Server 2005, we recommend that you use Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel. If Add or Remove Programs does not uninstall SQL Server 2005, you can follow the steps to manually uninstall an instance of SQL Server 2005 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.