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Simple and Free
  • Available free!
  • Quickly build and deploy your database solution
  • Backup and restore with ease
  • Available with a graphical management tool, reporting capabilities and full-text search
  • Ideal for building Web sites and apps, small scale LOB solutions or for redistribution with ISV applications
Powerful
  • High performance built right into the product
  • The same advanced database engine as the other editions of SQL Server
  • Compatible with all editions of SQL Server 2008; scales with your growing business needs
Integrated
  • Designed to work with Visual Studio and ASP.NET, so it is easy to work with data at every stage of the development process
  • Take advantage of rich business intelligence and reporting with Microsoft Office
  • Access data with PHP, using the SQL Server Driver for PHP
Easy to learn
  • SQL Server Express was designed to be easy to learn so you can get up and running quickly
  • Short learning curve means you can start creating applications today
  • A beginner series of how-to-videos

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