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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 Tuesday, August 12, 2008 2:48 AM from SQL Server Express WebLog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Product Info, Headlines

• 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 Friday, August 08, 2008 9:49 AM from SQL Server Express WebLog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Product Info, Headlines

• 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 Wednesday, June 11, 2008 1:27 AM from SQL Server Express WebLog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Product Info, Headlines

• 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 Saturday, February 23, 2008 11:49 AM from SQL Server Express WebLog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Product Info, Headlines, General

• 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 Saturday, December 15, 2007 10:09 AM from SQL Server Express WebLog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Headlines, Futures

• 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 Thursday, March 08, 2007 3:00 AM from SQL Server Express WebLog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Product Info, Headlines

• 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 Wednesday, February 21, 2007 2:01 AM from SQL Server Express WebLog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Product Info, Headlines

• 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 Tuesday, January 16, 2007 6:35 AM from SQL Server Express WebLog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Headlines

• 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 Wednesday, December 20, 2006 4:31 AM from SQL Server Express WebLog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Product Info, Headlines

• 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 Thursday, November 16, 2006 12:10 PM from SQL Server Express WebLog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Headlines

• 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 Wednesday, November 08, 2006 9:50 AM from SQL Server Express WebLog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Headlines, Futures

• 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 Thursday, October 19, 2006 7:22 AM from SQL Server Express WebLog | (Comments Off) Filed under: Headlines