SQL Server Express WebLog
Workaround for uninstall error "The Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 is not installed. Please install before running setup."
Some users have been reporting an error they see when trying to uninstall SQL Express, this error...
Author: sqlexpress Date: 09/08/2005
SQL Server service fails to start
In some cases on a non-English OS, the SQL Server Service will fail to start. The workaround for...
Author: sqlexpress Date: 05/24/2005
How to: Configure Express to accept remote connections
Updated The information in this posting is superseded by the following KB Article: 914277 How to...
Author: sqlexpress Date: 05/05/2005
SQL Server 2005 Express (December Community Technology Preview) is now available
“SQL Server 2005 Express December CTP” is the second community technology preview...
Author: sqlexpress Date: 12/03/2004
SQL Server 2005 Express (October Community Technology Preview) is now available!
“SQL Server 2005 Express October CTP” is the first community technology preview release...
Author: sqlexpress Date: 10/21/2004
SQL Server Express webcast (including demo of Express Manager)
About a month ago, Microsoft released the first Beta version of SQL Server Express. We hope everyone...
Author: sqlexpress Date: 09/01/2004
Using SMO with SQL Express
SMO is the new management model for SQL Server 2005, its included for use with SQL Express. Because...
Author: sqlexpress Date: 08/29/2004
SQL Express Beta 2 available now!
As of this morning SQL Express Beta 2 is available for download from...
Author: sqlexpress Date: 07/26/2004
FAQ: How to connect to SQL Express from "downlevel clients"(Access 2003, VS 2003, VB 6, etc(basically anything that is not using .Net 2.0 or the new SQL Native Client))
This is the short version, the longer version is further down, also make sure and review the SQL...
Author: sqlexpress Date: 07/23/2004
Various Downloads of Samples and Documentation for SQL Express
MSDN has a downloads page specific to express:...
Author: sqlexpress Date: 07/22/2004
SQL Express Beta 2 coming soon
The full Beta 2 version of SQL Express is coming soon. While the Beta 2 release will not add any new...
Author: sqlexpress Date: 07/21/2004
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition won't install on my Brazilian Portuguese OS
The SQL Server Setup team has verified that this is a bug. We are currently investigating, but at...
Author: sqlexpress Date: 07/20/2004
Sample: VB.Net Express and SQL Express Music Manager on MSDN
Brian has a great sample on MSDN that shows off new features in the express SKUs. It really looks...
Author: sqlexpress Date: 07/12/2004
FAQ: Why do I get warnings about IIS and COM+ during the install of SQL Express, is something wrong?
No nothing is wrong, the current builds SQL Server Express uses the same pre-requisite checks that...
Author: sqlexpress Date: 07/08/2004
FAQ: SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services fails after installing SQL Server 2005
After installing any component of SQL Server 2005 Beta 2 or Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 on a computer...
Author: sqlexpress Date: 07/07/2004
FAQ: Installing SQL Express side by side with SQL 2000 Enterprise Manager seems to break it, its still broken when I uninstall express, whats going on?
Because of changes in the SQL Server 2005 metadata we have updated SQLDMO, the new version is...
Author: sqlexpress Date: 07/04/2004
FAQ: How do I write objects in Managed code, the beta 1 samples/docs on the web don't work with SQL Express?
The syntax for much of SQLCLR was changed between B1 and the current builds to make it more...
Author: sqlexpress Date: 07/04/2004
FAQ: Can I redistribute SQL Express?
SQL Server Express will be free to use and redistribute. The only requirement that we have is that...
Author: sqlexpress Date: 07/04/2004
FAQ: How do I start playing with data in SQL Express, there don't seem to be any sample databases
SQL Express currently does not ship with any sample databases to help keep the size down, we'll be...
Author: sqlexpress Date: 07/04/2004
Introducing SQL Server Express Manager
For those of you who are interested in database management tools for SQL Express, I’d like to...
Author: sqlexpress Date: 07/02/2004
Networking is disabled by default
After seeing a number of issues about this, I realized that we needed to comment on this. For SQL...
Author: sqlexpress Date: 07/02/2004
The Installation Summary Log
I thought I'd let you know about the summary log file available to you from the installer....
Author: sqlexpress Date: 07/01/2004
Licensing and Pricing for SQL Server Express
We just received a great question requesting information on the pricing and licensing for SQL Server...
Author: sqlexpress Date: 07/01/2004
Difference between SQL Server Express and MSDE
Hi, I'm attending Teched Europe where we announced the Express Products earlier this week. Several...
Author: sqlexpress Date: 07/01/2004
Welcome to the SQL Server Express Blog
Welcome to our team blog for SQL Server Express. In this blog we post answers, to frequently asked...
Author: sqlexpress Date: 07/01/2004