Acquiring an SQL Server Express database

With SQL Server 2016 Express (Microsoft) you can build desktop and small server data-driven applications up to 10 GB.
  1. Navigate to https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/sql-server-editions-express and download the database.
  2. Run the .exe file and follow the installation steps.
    For more information, refer to the Microsoft SQL Server Forum.

As a minimum, you will need this information to connect the Supervisor station to this database:

  • Name of the MSSQL database (used in the Database Name property)
  • User Name required to access the MSSQL database (used in User Name property)
  • Password required to access the MSSQL database (used as the Password to access the database)