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This download helps you discover some of the new features and functionality in SQL Server 2005, the next-generation data management and analysis solution from Microsoft. SQL Server 2005 provides benefits across your organization in three key areas:
- Enterprise data management
- Developer productivity
- Business intelligence
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is comprehensive, integrated data management and analysis software that enables organizations to reliably manage mission-critical information and confidently run today’s increasingly complex business applications. By providing high availability and security enhancements as well as embedded reporting and data analysis tools, SQL Server 2005 allows companies to gain greater insight from their business information and achieve faster results for a competitive advantage. SQL Server 2005 is designed to integrate seamlessly with your other server infrastructure investments.
This fully functional pre-configured VHD provides you a trial software will automatically expire after 30 days.
For information about the different editions of SQL Server 2005, see the feature comparison page.
This is a preconfigured virtual machine contained within the Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) format. Virtual Server 2005 R2 is required to run this VHD. Please refer to the system requirements section for more details.
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