This LocalDB developer version is based on SQL Server 2012 Express but it has a richer feature set and is designed so that developers won't have to maintain SQL Server 2012 Express, according to a ...

For an overview of SQL Server features, see this article. On top of the evaluation edition, Microsoft offers a free SQL Sever 2012 Express edition for lightweight use, which can be downloaded here.

SQL Server Data Tools Updated for Visual Studio 2012 Microsoft recently updated SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) with support for Visual Studio 2012, improved LocalDB functionality and new SSDT Power ...

I have been struggling with getting SQL Server 2012 SP2 Express installed. It gets through the installer but fails at the end with the following error ...