SQL Server 2008 Express and Report Builder 2.0 RC1 available
Hello,
Microsoft has to make available SQL Server 2008 Express and Report
Builder 2.0 version RC1 (Release Candidate 1). SQL Server 2008 Express
contains the Basic tool Management Studio Express to manage graphically
SQL Server 2008 Express.
SQL Server 2008 Express provides:
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Support LINQ (Language-Integrated Query, or Requêtage integrated language)
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Support EDM (Entity Data Model, ensures the independence
between the entities and model of persistence and authorise a very
powerful mapping)
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Support for ADO. NET (this is a set of classes that expose services access to data programmer. NET).
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New types of date with the support of time zone
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Support for spatial data, HierarchyID and File Streams
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Support MERGE, GROUPING SETS
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New features import and export
It differs in two versions free: SQL Server 2008 Express with Tools, and SQL Server 2008 Express with Advanced Services.
To install these versions of SQL Server 2008 Express, you must
have installed Service Pack 1 for Visual Studio 2008 and. NET Framework
3.5.
Report Builder is a software that extracts data and generates
reports in Office. Companies have accumulated over the years volumes of
data very important. Thus, small businesses that can not invest in a
dedicated software or who lack the technical expertise for the
exploited, which are covered by Microsoft with this tool.
Download:
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SQL Server 2008 Express With Tools: Here
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SQL Server 2008 Express With Advanced Services: Here
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Report Builder 2.0 RC1: Here