How to Install SQL Server 2012 Express and SQL Server Management Studio 2012 Express
Why Stack Overflow recommends it
Stack Overflow users link it when answering questions about getting a local SQL Server Express instance installed and running, so askers can follow the setup visually.
Recommended by 2 people across 2 different months, 2013 to 2016.
What it is
A 17-minute screen-recorded tutorial showing how to download and install SQL Server 2012 Express and SQL Server Management Studio 2012 Express on Windows Server 2012. Presented by Sachin Samy, it walks through the setup step by step.
What people said
Recommends Vasanth · 2013-07 · Stack Overflow · on “Make a windows forms application that updates data in a SQL Server Express db table work on client machiens”
Need to install the same version of SQL Express(Example: 2012) you used for development in client machines. By default sql express will be installed as named instance with name ".\sqlexpress" so your connection string need to point to the server as ".\sqlexpress" or "(local)\sqlexpress". You can change the named instance during installation if needed. Also users can add themself as SQL admin to sql express during installation so if they do that then your application should work fine. This link [this video] shows step by step installation of sql express 2012
Recommends ekostadinov · 2014-11 · Stack Overflow · on “VS LoadTest does not save results into the SQL Server”
As pre-steps you need for Performance and Load Testing with Visual Studio: install and configure Visual Studio ULTIMATE. SQL Server (e.g SQLEXPRESS 2012) (both SERVER & MANAGER) e.g. [this video] Be sure that SQLEXPRESS service is running . You can run SQL Server Configuration Manager and start it manually. Be careful for the correct INSTANCE_NAME. Also in Task Manager > Services. Next go to Start menu and find VS2012 Cross Tools Command Prompt. Type the following: cd C:\ Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE and SQLCMD /S localhost\sqlexpress /i loadtestresultsrepository.sql This will create Load test DB schema that is required for VS 2012 Load tests. On the Load Test tool
Cites gbartusk · 2016-01 · Stack Overflow · on “How to connect to local instance of SQL Server 2008 Express”
For me, I was only able to get it to work by using "." in the server name field; was banging away for awhile trying different combos of the user name and server name. Note that during install of the server (ie this file: SQLEXPR_x64_ENU.exe) i checked default instance which defaults the name to MSSQLSERVER; the above high voted answers might be best used for separate named (ie when you need more than 1) server instances. both of these videos helped me out: use dot for server name: [LINK] general setup: [this video]