SQL 2008 Express Download - Getting the exe

If you want to install SQL Express 2008 it seems that you have to use the Web Platform Installer. This I don't think is a good experience. I wanted to install it myself and be able to configure things like instance name, data file location, collation etc which you can't do with the Web Platform Installer.

After some digging for the SQL Express 2008 Download I found it here.

So you can go to here to download SQL Express to be able to install offlinehttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=01AF61E6-2F63-4291-BCAD-FD500F6027FF&displaylang=en

This is the download for SQL 2008 Express Service Pack 1

and this link is for Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 Express with Advanced Services 

This is the one with tools Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 Express with Tools

and finally this link allows you to download just the management studio tools Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 Management Studio Express

For others you can look


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Published 10 September 2009 12:01 by simonsabin

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