
Generally, the SQL 2005 Express installers are packaged with the following consistent naming convention: In the Free 2005 Express version, for example, a standard approach to installation options was provided, as follows. A SQL Server Express with Advanced Services edition (first introduced relatively late in Q2 2006 compared to the original release) with a reduced-functionality version of SQL Server Reporting Services and with full-text search capabilities.An integrated edition with management tools.Microsoft makes SQL Server Express N1 available as: The predecessor product MSDE generally lacked basic GUI management tools, įeatures available in SQL Server "Standard" and better editions but absent from SQL Server Express include: SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio.SQL Server Surface Area Configuration tool.SQL Server Management Studio - since 2012 SP1 before that, only a stripped-down version called SQL Server Management Studio Express is provided.SQL Server Express includes several GUI tools for database management. Unlike the predecessor product, MSDE, the Express product does not include a concurrent workload-governor to "limit performance if the database engine receives more work than is typical of a small number of users." Analysis Services is not available for any Express variant. Express with Advanced Services has a limit of 4 GB per instance of Reporting Services (not available on other Express variants). "Recommended: Express Editions: 1 GB All other editions: At least 4 GB and should be increased as database size increases to ensure optimal performance." ). 1 GB of RAM (runs on a system with higher RAM amount, but uses only at most 1 GB per instance of SQL Server Database Engine.Single physical CPU, but multiple cores allowable.The limit applies per database (log files excluded) but in some scenarios users can access more data through the use of multiple interconnected databases.


Differences in the Express product include: However it has technical restrictions that make it unsuitable for some large-scale deployments. SQL Server Express provides many of the features of the paid, full versions of Microsoft SQL Server database management system.
