Download Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise & Developer Edition + SP4
What is the Microsoft SQL Server 2005?
The Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition is a free version and it is easy to be used by the users and replaces the Microsoft Desktop Engine. The Microsoft SQL Server 2005 has made it easy to develop powerful and secure data, data-driven applications, and all these are deployed quickly. Redistribution of the SQL Server can be possible and they can function as databases for the clients and users as well as the basic database servers. For the independent vendors of the servers, SQL Server Express is a great choice. It is a great choice for web developers, website hosts, and client application building. Some of the key details of the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 are that it protects the computers of the users from the viruses and programs that are malicious and its last update was on 15/12/2008. The Microsoft SQL Server 2005 had 0 updates in the past months and the current version has the Oflags on VirusTotal. The Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is designed for easy development and rapid prototyping. This server is available at no cost and it is available for the users for free along with the redistribution of the applications. This free and easy to download server is made and designed to integrate with the infrastructure investment of other servers.
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Great Features:
Database snapshots: This feature is an instant read-only copy of the database and it is a great option for types of reporting solutions for the company of the user. It is a great tool for reporting and can revert the control from the primary database to the snapshot database of the user in the event of an error. From the point of the creation, there might be a loss of data and the event of the failure of the database snapshot.
CLR integration: Custom .NET objects can be created by the users through the SQL Server 2005. As an example, the procedures that are stored, the triggers, and the functions can now be familiar to the .NET languages such as the VB and the C#. The exposure of the function allows the tools that the users never had access to prior such as the regular expressions.
Service Broker: The feature is designed to give the users the ability and power to create asynchronous, applications that are message-based through the TSQL in the database. This database engine Guarantees its users the delivery of the messages, message orders, and its consistency and the process of handling the message grouping. Adding to this, the Service Broker allows the users to send messages directly to different instances of SQL Server.
XML integration: The introduction of the XML data type was all thanks to Microsoft SQL 2005. Full XML can be stored in new data types and the user can place validations on the documents that are well-formed in the database. Enhancements of it include the query ability of the XML documents and the creation of the data-type XML indexes.
Ranking functions: The Microsoft SQL Server 2005 provides its users with the power and ability to rank the results sets that are returned from the database engine. This permits the user to customize the manner in which the result sets are returned. An example is the creation of the customized page function for the data of the web site.
Database Mirroring: A highly available feature in the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is Database Mirroring. It is similar to server clustering and in this failover is gained and achieved by the use of the server stand-by. The third SQL Server instance is used as a witness database just to monitor the interactions that are between the primary as well as the mirror databases.
Database Mail: The eventual great successor of the SQL Mail is the Database Mail. It is a great enhanced e-mail solution that is available in the engine of the database. With the use of the Database Mail. The user has no dependency on Microsoft Outlook or the email client of the MAPI. To be added, this e-mail process runs outside the engine space of the database and this means that the messages can be queued even if the database engine is stopped.
