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If you choose Mixed Mode, you will need to enter and confirm a password for the SA account.

I usually enable Mixed Mode so that if for some reason my security gets messed up I always have a backdoor account (the SA account). On the Database Engine Configuration page, you can either leave it configured to use Windows Authentication Mode only or Mixed Mode (SQL Server authentication and Windows authentication).At the 'SQL Server Installation Center', choose 'System Configuration Checker' to make sure you are ready to install SQL 2008 Express.Run SQLEXPRWT_x86_ENU.EXE (or SQLEXPRWT_圆4_ENU) to install SQL 2008 Express.When you are ready to install SQL 2008 Express, follow these steps: You can download Windows PowerShell 1.0 from SQL Server 2008 Express requires Windows PowerShell 1.0, if your server does not have Windows PowerShell 1.0 you will need to download Windows PowerShell 1.0 and install it on your server. You can download Windows Installer 4.5 from

SQL Server 2008 Express requires Windows Installer 4.5, if your server does not have Windows Installer 4.5 you will need to download Windows Installer 4.5 and install it on your server. NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and install it on your server. NET Framework 3.5 SP1 you will need to download. NET Framework 3.5 SP1, if your server does not have. I recommend installing 'SQL Server 2008 Express with Tools', it is worth the extra 150 MB to be able to troubleshoot your SQL Server if anything ever goes wrong. You can either download SQL Server 2008 Express without any management tools (61 MB) from or you can download SQL Server 2008 Express with management tools (219 MB) from Download SQL Server 2008 Expressįirst, you will need to download SQL Server 2008 Express. This article will guide you through the process of installing and configuring SQL Server 2008 Express so that you can use it with Deployment Server or Notification Server. However, network is not enabled by default, so there is some configuration required to get SQL Server 2008 Express to work correctly. SQL 2008 Express supports servicing SQL over your network and so it can be used for Deployment Server and Notification Server as long as you don't have enough clients that you will need more than 2GB RAM. If you are using MSDE and are considering managing more clients than you currently are, or are having problems with your Deployment Server or Notification Server running slowly even after optimizing your configuration, you will want to install SQL Server 2008 instead of MSDE. SQL 2008 has no workload throttling like MSDE does and it supports up to 2 CPUs and 2GB RAM, where MSDE only supports 1 CPU and 1GB RAM. It is a replacement for MSDE and SQL 2005 which will perform much better than its predecessors.

SQL 2008 Express is available free from Microsoft.

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