October 19, 2004 03:19 PM

SQL Server 2005 Express

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Michael Otey
SQL Server Magazine
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The biggest SQL Server news from TechEd Europe this year was the debut of SQL Server 2005 Express Edition. As the newest version of Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine (MSDE), SQL Server Express may not sport all the advanced features that we'll see in SQL Server 2005, but it will provide a simple development environment for building data-driven applications as well as a preview into some of the features that Microsoft is adding to SQL Server 2005. For more information about SQL Server Express's...

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And the biggest loss of moving from MSDE to SQL Server Express is removal of SQL Server Agent - good bye automatic backups.

Anonymous User 11/19/2004 7:22:26 AM

Good points

mikelaw 11/18/2004 2:41:10 PM

Can you address those people who complain because Microsoft does not include SQL Server Agent, or publisher in replication, or that 4GB is still not big enough? How much do these people expect from a free database?

Anonymous User 11/18/2004 12:23:09 PM

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