SQL Server On XPe

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Sherrie

Hello Craig,

We actually spoke last week about training!
MS would not allow SQL server on a XPE (or XP PRO) since
it is not a server class OS. MS breaks down it's OS
offerings into two broad categories. Workstation and
Server (or Client and Server). XPE and XP PRO are ONLY
workstation class.
The reason why Microsoft doesn't have a server-class for
XPE (only client-class) -- namely, SAK. And Windows 2003
server, of course.


Hope this helps!

-Sherrie Beek
 
All programs run on XP Pro, can run on XPe, so, I think, if you can installa
SQL Server PE on XP Pro, the same you can do with XPe.
 
Th licensing restrictions for running SQL Serve on XP Embedded are:
1) so long as SQL is the only app running locally on the machine
2) there are less than/equal to 10 concurrent SMB connections to the XPe box

I'm curious: what scenario are you building with Embedded that MSDE is not
sufficient for?

Thanks,

Lynda

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As far as I know, MSDE is not thoroughly documented
anywhere so its limitations are not understood. One could
assume that it supports everything that SQL Server
Personal Edition is capable of, but that's just an
assumption that could come back and bite you once you ran
an exhaustive test. That's one good reason to resolve
licensing issues early.

As mentioned in my previous post, there are substantial
capabilites-differences across the various versions of SQL
Server, some of them quite obnoxious. It's too bad that
Microsoft didn't just scale the number-of-connections
count across versions and didn't limit feature-set the
license provided based on the host class (workstation vs.
server vs. enterprise server). This means our technical
choices are influenced by non-technical constraints.

Relative to running SQL Server as the "only app" ... is
that relly what you mean? I can't run my own application
on the XPe box too? What about other Microsoft apps I'll
be running like IE?

Thanks,

Craig
 
XPe is meant for line-of-business applications only -- so
you can only install 1 application locally on an XPe
runtime (apart from the applications that ship with Embedded, such as IE).

Lynda

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