SQL Server 2005 Express Edition will replace Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine as the software maker's lightweight database offering of choice.

Microsoft has offered the download of SQL Server 2008 with advanced services for FREE, but only suitable for learning and building desktop and small server applications, and for redistribution by ...

Don't need an enterprise-grade database on the cloud? Microsoft offers Azure customers a low-cost, lightweight SQL server option for testing and purposes and apps.

What Is SQL Server Express? If you use SQL in your be nimble, you have several options easy to complete to, ranging from enterprise options to the manageable SQL Server Express. Monitoring SQL ...

Microsoft posted on April 18, 2006 the RTM version of Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2005 Developer, Workgroup, Standard, Enterprise, and Express editions. Get the lowdown on SP-1's added features, ...

SQL Server Express succeeds Microsoft’s MSDE, which has been around since the release of SQL Server 7.0 in 1999. The Microsoft “desktop database” competes with open-source products including ...

I have a test server hosting several sites using SQL Server Express and SQL Management Studio Express. I've seen one site have an occasional issue where queries to a particular table (the ...

How an old Drawbridge helped Microsoft bring SQL Server to Linux There are certainly risks involved, but a clever research project makes it all possible.

Out-of-the-box, Search Server 2008 Express had no trouble indexing content on file servers, Web sites, SharePoint, and Exchange Server public folders.