SQL Server Express with Tools
SQL Server 2008 Express with Tools provides the following capabilities in addition to the features that are available in SQL Server 2008 Express:
- Basic installation of SQL Server Management Studio, a graphical management tool that makes it easy to manage and administer SQL Server Express databases.
SQL Server Features That Are Supported in SQL Server Express with Tools
SQL Server Express with Tools supports most of the features and functionality of SQL Server 2008. This includes the following:
Stored procedures |
SQL Server Configuration Manager |
Views |
Replication (as a subscriber only) |
Triggers |
Advanced Query Optimizer |
Cursors |
SMO/RMO |
sqlcmd and osql utilities |
Integration with Visual Studio |
Snapshot isolation Levels |
Service Broker (as a client only)¹ |
Native XML support. This includes XQuery and XML schemas |
SQL CLR |
Transact-SQL language support |
Multiple Active Result Sets (MARS) |
Dedicated Administrator Connection² |
Import/Export Wizard |
¹SQL Server Express supports Service Broker, but direct communication between two servers that are running SQL Server Express is not supported.
²The Dedicated Administrator Connection feature for SQL Server 2008 Express is supported with the trace flag 7806. For more information about trace flags and Dedicated Administrator Connection, see the Trace Flags (Transact-SQL) and Using a Dedicated Administrator Connection topics in SQL Server 2008 Books Online.
SQL Server Features That Are Not Supported in SQL Server Express with Tools
The following table lists the additional SQL Server 2008 database features that are not supported in this version of SQL Server Express. It also lists database features from earlier versions of SQL Server that are not supported.
SQL Server features not supported in SQL Server Express |
SQL Server features from earlier versions not supported in SQL Server Express |
Database mirroring |
SQL Mail |
Online restore |
Failover clustering |
Database snapshot |
Distributed partitioned views |
Parallel index operations |
VIA protocol support |
Mirrored media sets |
Log shipping |
Partitioning |
Parallel DBCC |
Address Windowing Extensions (AWE) |
Parallel Create Index |
Hot-add memory |
Enhanced Read Ahead and Scan |
Native HTTP SOAP access |
Indexed views (materialized views) |
SQL Mail and Database Mail |
Partitioned views |
Online Index Operations |
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SQL Server Agent and SQL Server Agent Service |
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The following major SQL Server 2008 components are not supported in SQL Server Express:
Integration Services (formerly Data Transformation Services)
Analysis Services
OLAP Services (Analysis Services)/Data Mining