Configuring and Managing SQL Server Express

 For improved manageability and security, SQL Server 2005 provides more control
over the SQL Server surface area on your system. To minimize the surface area, the
following default configurations have been applied to your instance of SQL server:

o TCP/IP connections are disabled

o Named Pipes is disabled
o SQL Browser must be started manually
o OPENROWSET and OPENDATASOURCE have been disabled
o CLR integration is disabled
o OLE automation is disabled
o xp_cmdshell is disabled

To enable or disable features and services, run the SQL Server Surface Area
Configuration tool from the Start menu.

Full-Text Search
 If you installed Full-Text Search, you might need to reboot your computer prior to populating a full-text index.
When SQL Server Express and the Full-Text Search engine are set to run as the Windows Network Service
account (default), the Full-Text Search engine does not have the correct permissions to access SQL Server
Express.

Reporting Services
 The Reporting Services installation options you specified in Setup determine whether further configuration is
required before you can access the report server. If you installed the default configuration, the report server can be
used immediately. If you installed just the program files, you must run the Reporting Services Configuration tool to
deploy the report server.

Documentation and Samples

 To install SQL Server 2005 Books Online, download them from the SQL Server Developer Center on MSDN
(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=51793).

 To install the .NET Framework SDK, see "Installing the .NET Framework SDK" in SQL Server Books Online.

 To install sample databases and code samples, download the SQL Server Samples from the SQL Server
Developer Center on MSDN (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=51793).