Express version just upgrade of MSDE?

Is the Express 2005 version just an upgrade of MSDE 2000?
never mind heh.
"SQL Server Express is the evolution of MSDE 2000 in SQL Server 2005"
|||It's what MSDE will evolve into in the SQL Server 2005 timeframe. Please
note that it's only a technical preview at the moment. You can get more info
at http://www.microsoft.com/sql/express/, including a pre-beta download.
Sincerely,
Stephen Dybing
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"Robert Blackwell" <robOMGwowcentralDOTcom> wrote in message
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> Is the Express 2005 version just an upgrade of MSDE 2000?
>
|||Aha, you were likely reading the same page that I was. :-) There are some
really cool things with it such as the removal of the workload governor and
the increased database size.
Sincerely,
Stephen Dybing
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"Robert Blackwell" <robOMGwowcentralDOTcom> wrote in message
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> never mind heh.
> "SQL Server Express is the evolution of MSDE 2000 in SQL Server 2005"
>
|||Thanks, I'm checkin all that stuff out.
|||Don't miss following the link to the resources on MSDN. At the very bottom
of that page there's another link to community resources, i.e. SQL Express
and SQL Mobile newsgroups. The SQL Express newsgroup is already pretty
active.
Sincerely,
Stephen Dybing
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"Robert Blackwell" <robOMGwowcentralDOTcom> wrote in message
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> Thanks, I'm checkin all that stuff out.
>
|||I'm not seeing the express server in my list.
I have 2 ms private news accounts, one for xpsp2 and then the one I signed
up for yesterday for csharp express.
I didn't see the proper login information on this page
|||oops, this page
http://communities.microsoft.com/new...r2005&slcid=us
alt it has is the server address.