SQL Server Express is a free lightweight edition of SQL Server with limited functionality, available for all versions starting from SQL Server 2005. You can use it for small data-driven applications and independent application vendors.

The Express edition restrictions are the following:

• Maximum relational database size: 10 GB
• Maximum compute capacity for SQL Server instance: Lessor of 1 socket or 4 cores.
• Maximum compute capacity for SSAS and SSRS: Lessor of 1 socket or 4 cores.
• Maximum Memory: 1410 MB
• Log shipping, Backup compression, Always On Availability Groups, Basic Availability Group, Online index create and rebuild, Accelerated database recovery, Encrypted backup – Not available
• Intelligent Database: automatic tuning, row mode memory grant feedback, the batch mode for row store – Not available
• Transparent database encryption, Heterogeneous subscribers, Peer to peer transactional replication, Transactional replication to Azure – Not available
• SQL Server Agent, SQL profiler, Database Tuning Advisor (DTA) – Not available
• Performance data collector, Standard performance reports, Parallel consistency check, Database mail, T-SQL endpoints – Not supported

The current article will explore the processes of downloading and configuring the Express SQL Server edition, as well as highlight some essential factors in its work.

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