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Developer, Express and Compact editions will still be available after the SQL Server 2012 product is released, Microsoft indicated. Licensing Changes ...

Now Backup Compression is supported by SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard edition and above; however Data Compression still requires the Enterprise. And the free Express edition supports databases up to ...

SQL standard is ideal for non-critical workloads with minimal IT resources. The express variety is free and ideal for the development of desktop, web, and small server applications.

PowerShell offers a lightweight and efficient solution for backing up SQL Server Express databases on local workstations without the need for full system backups.

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.

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 ...

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