Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express is a powerful and reliable data management system that delivers a rich set of features, data protection, and performance for embedded application clients, light Web applications, and local data stores.

Designed for easy deployment and rapid prototyping, SQL Server 2008 Express is available at no cost, and you are free to redistribute it with applications. It is designed to integrate seamlessly with your other server infrastructure investments.

Features:

• Supports stored procedures, triggers, functions, and views
• Store all kinds of business data with native support for relational data, XML, FILESTREAM and spatial data
• Improved performance, usability, visualization, in addition to integration with the Microsoft 2007 Office System in SQL Server Reporting Services
• Simplify development efforts by leveraging existing T-SQL skills, ADO.NET Entity Framework and LINQ
• Closely integrated with Visual Studio and Visual Web Developer

Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2; Windows Server 2008; Windows Vista Service Pack 1; Windows XP.

System Requirements:

• Processor - Pentium III - compatible processor with a minimum speed of 1 GHz or a faster processor
• RAM - Minimum 512 MB for SQL Server Express with Tools, and SQL Server Express with Advanced Services and 4 GB for Reporting Services that installs with SQL Server Express with Advanced Services
• Hard Disk Space - 2.2 GB of Disk Space