As I can see here SQL Express has an edition with reporting services
http://www.microsoft.com/express/Database/InstallOptions.aspx
Does this mean I can use it to get all features for TFS 2010? Then what should I put when configuring TFS "Analysis Services" : where do I name this parameter when installing SQL Server EXPRESS Advanced ?
SQL Express 2008 R2 Doesn't has Analysis Services, so you end up missing out on a lot of the reports. (but not all)
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I am setting up a new SQL Server 2014 Enterprise Reporting Services instance on a Windows Server 2012 R2 server.
In Reporting Services Configuration Manager, when I select the SQL Server instance where I want to setup a new report database, the error message below is shown:
The feature: "Using other editions of SQL Server for report data sources and/or the report server database" is not supported in this edition of Reporting Services.
Error:
The SQL Server instance where I intend to setup the report database runs SQL Server 2014 Developer Edition build 12.0.4422 (which is displayed in Management Studio and ##version) and the SQL Server instance where I am configuring Reporting Services runs also MSQL 2014 build 12.0.4422 as displayed in Reporting Services Configuration Management - but Enterprise Edition (I've just installed SQL Server Cumulative Update 2 from https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3075950).
If I select an instance which runs SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition build 10.50.4260 instead, the error is not shown and the setup proceeds correctly - but unfortunately this is not the instance where the report database should be.
What am I missing here? How can I solve this issue?
Thanks in advance,
Cristhian.
This behavior is correct. The reporting services database is supported on a wide range of versions.
You are not allowed to use a production reporting services against a developer version database. (Why would you want to!). You can either use a developer edition of reporting services, or an enterprise database.
I try to understand the difference between SQL Server Management Studio and SQL Server Management Studio Express
The "full" SQL Server Management Studio is the management GUI (graphical user interface) to work with a SQL Server database and is included in all the paid editions of SQL Server.
For the free SQL Server Express edition, SQL Server Management Studio Express can be downloaded for free from the Microsoft web site (or is include, as well, in the "Express with Tools" edition). As far as I know, as of SQL Server 2012, the two versions are essentially the same and don't have any differences in terms of features or capabilities they offer
Microsoft makes money from licensed SQL Server - it does not make money from Express. So everything about express is going to be crippled in some way.
SSME (SQL Server Management Express) does not have help and does not support any features SQL Server Express does not support - Reporting Services,SQL Server Agent, Analysis Services etc. If you, or your company, cannot afford a licensed version you are stuck with Express but don't expect a go cart to be as good as a car.
I want to install the following features in SQL Server 2008 R2:
BIDS (Business Intelligence Development Studio)
Integration Services
But setup is not showing me this feature in the installation window.
I downloaded SQL Server 2008 R2 Express edition from this link :
sql server 2008 r2
but I cant find Integration services feature in this setup.
help me with suggestion to install Integration services . Also provide with links to download sql server 2008 r2 enterprise edition
SQL Server Express does not supports Integration Services.
Business Intelligence Development Studio is not included into Express edition, but it is inculded into Express with Advanced Services edition.
See MSDN for comparison table of features supported by different editions of SQL Server.
You have to install at least Standard edition in order to be able to use Integration Services, but note - is is not free to use like Express edition.
Does SQL Server 2008 Express support Integration Services? When I try to create an Integration Services project, it says that I have to install Integration Services, but I cannot find the option in the setup for the installation. How can I install it? thanks
No, it does not. From Features Supported by the Editions of SQL Server 2008 R2:
You need to be running at least Standard Edition.
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express doesn't support Integration Services at it's fullest. It will support, access to basic data sources, but not the full suite that is included in the Standard edition of MSSQL Server 2008.
I don't believe there is a way around this. It's part of the installation package and I don't believe Express has the necessary programmatic pieces for Integration Services.
What are the differences between the free sql express 05 management studio and the licensed version?
Management Studio Express cannot manage the following:
SQL Server Analysis Services
Integration Services
Notification Services
Reporting Services
SQL Server Agent
SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition
( from this page. Look at the Note in the Overview section. )
These are all features that are not supported by SQL Server Express.
Also note that the full version of SQL Management Studio is included with SQL Server 2005.
See the "SQL Server 2005 Features Comparison" at http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/features/compare-features.mspx