<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
Data	I-Application
Engine	I-Application
(	O
MSDE	B-Application
,	O
also	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Data	I-Application
Engine	I-Application
or	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
Engine	I-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
relational	B-Application
database	I-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
scaled-down	O
version	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
7.0	O
or	O
2000	O
which	O
is	O
free	O
for	O
non-commercial	O
use	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
certain	O
limited	O
commercial	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
introduced	O
at	O
Microsoft	O
TechEd	O
in	O
May	O
1999	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
included	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2000	O
Developer	O
Edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
successor	O
,	O
SQL	B-Application
Server	I-Application
Express	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vendor	O
support	O
of	O
MSDE	B-Application
ended	O
on	O
April	O
8	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MSDE	B-Application
was	O
initially	O
designed	O
by	O
(	O
then	O
)	O
Microsoft	O
Program	O
Manager	O
Jeff	O
Alger	O
and	O
later	O
implemented	O
by	O
Peter	O
Byrne	O
(	O
core	O
)	O
,	O
Ronald	O
Martinsen	O
(	O
core/setup	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Mike	O
Maringas	O
(	O
setup	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
release	O
of	O
MSDE	B-Application
is	O
called	O
the	O
"	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
Engine	I-Application
"	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
SQL	O
Server	O
7.0	O
and	O
was	O
positioned	O
as	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
using	O
the	O
Jet	B-Application
Database	I-Application
Engine	I-Application
used	O
by	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Access	I-Application
with	O
a	O
focus	O
on	O
its	O
ability	O
to	O
operate	O
as	O
a	O
client	B-Operating_System
–	I-Operating_System
server	I-Operating_System
application	O
instead	O
of	O
requiring	O
direct	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
file	O
system	O
which	O
the	O
Jet	B-Application
database	I-Application
resided	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Access	I-Application
,	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
most	O
popular	O
database	O
tool	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
was	O
expanded	O
for	O
its	O
Office	O
2000	O
release	O
to	O
incorporate	O
using	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
Engine	I-Application
as	O
its	O
back-end	O
data	O
store	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
initial	O
release	O
of	O
MSDE	B-Application
also	O
included	O
the	O
Data	O
Transformation	O
Services	O
Wizard	O
,	O
which	O
provided	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
use	O
OLE	B-Language
DB	I-Language
and	O
ODBC	B-Application
data	O
sources	O
to	O
transfer	O
data	O
between	O
SQL	O
Server	O
7.0	O
and	O
MSDE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supported	O
operating	O
systems	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
its	O
release	O
included	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Device
98	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
4.0	I-Device
Service	O
Pack	O
4	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
both	O
x86	B-Operating_System
and	O
Alpha	B-Device
architectures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Data	I-Application
Engine	I-Application
can	O
be	O
found	O
in	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Access	I-Application
2000	O
and	O
other	O
Microsoft	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MSDE	B-Application
toolkit	O
for	O
Visual	O
Studio	O
6.0	O
can	O
be	O
found	O
in	O
October	O
2000	O
MSDN	O
DVD	O
Office	O
Test	O
Platform	O
and	O
Development	O
Tools	O
,	O
English	O
Pack	O
as	O
MSDE	B-Application
for	O
Visual	O
Studio.Table	O
of	O
Contents	O
for	O
October	O
2000	O
Monthly	O
(	O
DVD	O
)	O
,	O
or	O
in	O
October	O
2000	O
MSDN	O
CD	O
Office	O
Test	O
Platform	O
and	O
Development	O
Tools	O
(	O
English	O
Pack	O
,	O
European	O
Pack	O
I	O
,	O
Japanese	O
Pack	O
,	O
Latin	O
American	O
pack	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
System	O
requirement	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
Windows	B-Device
98	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
MSDE	B-Application
could	O
be	O
distributed	O
with	O
commercial	O
products	O
by	O
registering	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
—	O
in	O
most	O
cases	O
this	O
distribution	O
is	O
also	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SQL	O
Server	O
's	O
server	O
licence	O
includes	O
right	O
to	O
distribute	O
MSDE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
MSDE	B-Application
2000	O
includes	O
following	O
resource	O
kits	O
:	O
MSDE	B-Application
2000	O
Deployment	O
Resource	O
Kit	O
,	O
MSDE	B-Application
2000	O
Web	O
Resource	O
Kit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MSDE	B-Application
2000	O
is	O
also	O
found	O
in	O
various	O
products	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
XP	O
(	O
Professional	O
,	O
Developer	O
)	O
,	O
Visual	O
Studio	O
.NET	O
2002-2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compared	O
with	O
the	O
full	O
server	O
editions	O
of	O
SQL	O
Server	O
7.0	O
and	O
2000	O
,	O
MSDE	B-Application
has	O
some	O
restrictions	O
:	O
a	O
limit	O
of	O
2	O
GB	O
databases	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
a	O
workload	O
governor	O
which	O
reduces	O
its	O
speed	O
when	O
eight	O
or	O
more	O
concurrent	B-Operating_System
workloads	O
are	O
running	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
has	O
also	O
stated	O
that	O
MSDE	B-Application
is	O
not	O
supported	O
in	O
Windows	O
NT	O
6.0	O
operating	O
systems	O
such	O
as	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
No	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
management	O
tools	O
were	O
released	O
for	O
MSDE	B-Application
,	O
but	O
SQL	O
Server	O
2000	O
's	O
Enterprise	O
Manager	O
(	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
later	O
versions	O
such	O
as	O
SQL	B-Device
Server	I-Device
Management	I-Device
Studio	I-Device
)	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
connect	O
to	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
