Convert Existing MDB database files to SQL Server Express

Hi All,
Can some one please help me on this:
1) What is the current version of SQL Server Express?
2) HOw much SQL Server Express costs (figure about 500 branch servers)
3)Are there any Tools from Microsoft to convert Access 97 directly to SQL Server express, and how much do they cost?
4)Server Hardware requirements to run SQL Server Express - disk size, memory size, security settings, pre-requisite, service needed.
5)Maximum capacity / capabilities of SQL Server Express-max # of simultaneous users,tables,rows,database size.
6)Any installation instruction for SQL Server Express.
Thanks in Advance, Pls help
Thanks
Tony

Hi Tony,
Besides Bruce’s post, firstly, SQL Server Express is a free SQL Server edition,
you can download SQL Server 2014 Express directly from
this link and install it on your computer. For how to install SQL Server 2014 Express, please follow the steps in this similar
blog.
Secondly, for more information about hardware and software requirements for Installing SQL Server 2014 Express, please review this article:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143506.aspx .
Thirdly, SQL Server Express has the following limitations:
• 1 physical processor
• 1 GB of RAM
• 4 GB database size per database in SQL Server 2005 Express and SQL Server 2008 Express , 10 GB database size per database in SQL Server 2008 R2 Express and higher versions of SQL Server Express.
However, there is no limit to the numbers of databases in SQL Server Express. And there is no technical limit to the number of connection that SQL Express can handle.
In addition, there are several methods to convert an Access database to SQL Server, such as using
SQL Server Import and Export Wizard and
SQL Server Migration Assistant for Access, they are both free tools. For more information about convert an Access database to SQL Server, please review this
KB article.
Thanks,
Lydia Zhang
Lydia Zhang
TechNet Community Support

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ASCONFIGDIR: Config
ASDATADIR: Data
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ASSVCACCOUNT: <empty>
ASSVCPASSWORD: <empty>
ASSVCSTARTUPTYPE: Automatic
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BROWSERSVCSTARTUPTYPE: Disabled
CLTCTLRNAME: <empty>
CLTRESULTDIR: <empty>
CLTSTARTUPTYPE: 0
CLTSVCACCOUNT: <empty>
CLTSVCPASSWORD: <empty>
CLTWORKINGDIR: <empty>
COMMFABRICENCRYPTION: 0
COMMFABRICNETWORKLEVEL: 0
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CTLRSTARTUPTYPE: 0
CTLRSVCACCOUNT: <empty>
CTLRSVCPASSWORD: <empty>
CTLRUSERS: <empty>
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ERRORREPORTING: false
FEATURES: SQLENGINE, REPLICATION, FULLTEXT, RS, CONN, BC, SDK, BOL, SSMS, ADV_SSMS, LOCALDB
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FTSVCACCOUNT: NT Service\MSSQLFDLauncher$SQLEXPRESS
FTSVCPASSWORD: <empty>
HELP: false
IACCEPTSQLSERVERLICENSETERMS: true
INDICATEPROGRESS: false
INSTALLSHAREDDIR: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\
INSTALLSHAREDWOWDIR: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\
INSTALLSQLDATADIR: <empty>
INSTANCEDIR: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\
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INSTANCENAME: SQLEXPRESS
ISSVCACCOUNT: NT AUTHORITY\Network Service
ISSVCPASSWORD: <empty>
ISSVCSTARTUPTYPE: Automatic
MATRIXCMBRICKCOMMPORT: 0
MATRIXCMSERVERNAME: <empty>
MATRIXNAME: <empty>
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PID: *****
QUIET: false
QUIETSIMPLE: false
ROLE: AllFeatures_WithDefaults
RSINSTALLMODE: DefaultNativeMode
RSSHPINSTALLMODE: DefaultSharePointMode
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RSSVCPASSWORD: <empty>
RSSVCSTARTUPTYPE: Automatic
SAPWD: <empty>
SECURITYMODE: <empty>
SQLBACKUPDIR: <empty>
SQLCOLLATION: Latin1_General_CI_AS
SQLSVCACCOUNT: NT Service\MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS
SQLSVCPASSWORD: *****
SQLSVCSTARTUPTYPE: Automatic
SQLSYSADMINACCOUNTS: DIOMEDES\Daniele
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SQLTEMPDBLOGDIR: <empty>
SQLUSERDBDIR: <empty>
SQLUSERDBLOGDIR: <empty>
SQMREPORTING: false
TCPENABLED: 0
UIMODE: AutoAdvance
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UpdateSource: MU
USEMICROSOFTUPDATE: false
X86: false
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Feature: Management Tools - Complete
Status: Passed
Feature: Client Tools Connectivity
Status: Passed
Feature: Client Tools SDK
Status: Passed
Feature: Client Tools Backwards Compatibility
Status: Passed
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Component name: SQL Server Database Engine Services Instance Features
Component error code: 0x851A0019
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Error help link: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkId=20476&ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&EvtSrc=setup.rll&EvtID=50000&ProdVer=12.0.2000.8&EvtType=0xD15B4EB2%400x4BDAF9BA%401306%4025&EvtType=0xD15B4EB2%400x4BDAF9BA%401306%4025
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Next Step: Use the following information to resolve the error, uninstall this feature, and then run the setup process again.
Component name: SQL Server Database Engine Services Instance Features
Component error code: 0x851A0019
Error description: Could not find the Database Engine startup handle.
Error help link: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkId=20476&ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&EvtSrc=setup.rll&EvtID=50000&ProdVer=12.0.2000.8&EvtType=0xD15B4EB2%400x4BDAF9BA%401306%4025&EvtType=0xD15B4EB2%400x4BDAF9BA%401306%4025
Feature: SQL Browser
Status: Passed
Feature: Documentation Components
Status: Passed
Feature: SQL Writer
Status: Passed
Feature: LocalDB
Status: Passed
Feature: Setup Support Files
Status: Passed
Rules with failures:
Global rules:
Scenario specific rules:
Rules report file: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\120\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20140403_183057\SystemConfigurationCheck_Report.htm

Thank you, it worked! I suppose that it was really your nr.3 which made the difference. I changed NT Service\MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS to NT AUTHORITY\System for the Data service. I'll then change it again as suggested (any suggestion about a "standard"
account to be used here?), even if this is a development workstation using SQL Server Express only as a local database for debugging, so security is not really a big concern.
Thanks for the feedback.Ya I know No3 was real step but just added more info so as to rule out any other possibility.
No not as such, you wont believe,quite few pf my clients I have worked for keep it with local system and they have not complained yet ,they are afraid to change account as few of them faced issue SQL Server not coming online due to logon failure( after changing
startup account to some domain a and that was happening due to some AD policy.But if you have nay plans to move Critical database in production which would be act as Database to some Internet facing application please follow my suggestion
of running SQL Server with Least privileged domain account.
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Error in sql_engine_core_inst_Cpu64_1.log file for SQL Server 2012

I was running SQL Server 2012 in Win 7 64 bit OS. Some how I found SQLSERVER server is not running and I was not able to run the service. Then I tried to unisntall and install again. And I found that some of the SQL Server
features got failed, like: Reporting Services - Native, Database Engine Services, Data Quality Services, Full-Text and Semantic Extractions for Search and SQL Server Replication. I checked the Summary.txt
file from location C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Setup Bootstrap\Log. It thsi logs referes to another log file location like:
Feature: Database Engine Services
Status: Failed: see logs for details
Reason for failure: An error occurred during the setup process of the feature.
Next Step: Use the following information to resolve the error, and then try the setup process again.
Component name: SQL Server Database Engine Services Instance Features
Component error code: 1639
Component log file: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20140127_151409\sql_engine_core_inst_Cpu64_1.log
Error help link: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkId=20476&ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&EvtSrc=setup.rll&EvtID=50000&ProdVer=11.0.3128.0&EvtType=sql_engine_core_inst.msi%400x162A16FE%400x1639
I did unisntall/install multipel times. But fhw to fix the issue that saying in sql_engine_core_inst_Cpu64_1.log file.:
=== Verbose logging started: 1/27/2014 15:45:04 Build type: SHIP UNICODE 5.00.7601.00 Calling process: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Setup Bootstrap\SQLServer2012\x64\ScenarioEngine.exe ===
MSI (c) (C4:BC) [15:45:04:321]: Resetting cached policy values
MSI (c) (C4:BC) [15:45:04:321]: Machine policy value 'Debug' is 0
MSI (c) (C4:BC) [15:45:04:321]: ******* RunEngine:
******* Product: E:\Software\SQL Full Installation\x64\setup\sql_engine_core_inst_msi\sql_engine_core_inst.msi
******* Action:
******* CommandLine: **********
MSI (c) (C4:BC) [15:45:04:322]: Client-side and UI is none or basic: Running entire install on the server.
MSI (c) (C4:BC) [15:45:04:322]: Grabbed execution mutex.
MSI (c) (C4:BC) [15:45:04:323]: Cloaking enabled.
MSI (c) (C4:BC) [15:45:04:323]: Attempting to enable all disabled privileges before calling Install on Server
MSI (c) (C4:BC) [15:45:04:323]: Incrementing counter to disable shutdown. Counter after increment: 0
MSI (s) (38:8C) [15:45:04:327]: Running installation inside multi-package transaction E:\Software\SQL Full Installation\x64\setup\sql_engine_core_inst_msi\sql_engine_core_inst.msi
MSI (s) (38:8C) [15:45:04:327]: Grabbed execution mutex.
MSI (s) (38:A0) [15:45:04:327]: Resetting cached policy values
MSI (s) (38:A0) [15:45:04:327]: Machine policy value 'Debug' is 0
MSI (s) (38:A0) [15:45:04:327]: ******* RunEngine:
******* Product: E:\Software\SQL Full Installation\x64\setup\sql_engine_core_inst_msi\sql_engine_core_inst.msi
******* Action:
******* CommandLine: **********
MSI (s) (38:A0) [15:45:04:452]: Machine policy value 'TransformsSecure' is 0
MSI (s) (38:A0) [15:45:04:452]: User policy value 'TransformsAtSource' is 0
MSI (s) (38:A0) [15:45:04:475]: Machine policy value 'DisableUserInstalls' is 0
MSI (s) (38:A0) [15:45:04:475]: Specified instance {18B2A97C-92C3-4AC7-BE72-F823E0BC895B} via transform :InstID01.mst;:InstName02.mst is already installed. MSINEWINSTANCE requires a new instance that is not installed.
MSI (s) (38:A0) [15:45:04:475]: MainEngineThread is returning 1639
MSI (s) (38:8C) [15:45:04:477]: User policy value 'DisableRollback' is 0
MSI (s) (38:8C) [15:45:04:477]: Machine policy value 'DisableRollback' is 0
MSI (s) (38:8C) [15:45:04:477]: Incrementing counter to disable shutdown. Counter after increment: 0
MSI (s) (38:8C) [15:45:04:478]: Note: 1: 1402 2: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\InProgress 3: 2
MSI (s) (38:8C) [15:45:04:478]: Note: 1: 1402 2: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\InProgress 3: 2
MSI (s) (38:8C) [15:45:04:478]: Decrementing counter to disable shutdown. If counter >= 0, shutdown will be denied. Counter after decrement: -1
MSI (s) (38:8C) [15:45:04:478]: Restoring environment variables
MSI (c) (C4:BC) [15:45:04:481]: Decrementing counter to disable shutdown. If counter >= 0, shutdown will be denied. Counter after decrement: -1
MSI (c) (C4:BC) [15:45:04:481]: MainEngineThread is returning 1639
=== Verbose logging stopped: 1/27/2014 15:45:04 ===
Please advice. I searched many places and did not get actual solution that will resolve my case.
Nusrat Akhter

Hi Nusrat Akhter,
According to your description, when installing the first install failed, and it looks like the instance did not uninstall completely. To solve the issue I recommend you changed the instance name in re-installing SQL Server, and check if it can work fine.
There is a similar issue that the SQL engine will not start, and there is no method of uninstalling either it, or any of the components etc. You can review the following post.
https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/710892/sql-server-2012-rc0-install-fails-citing-invalid-drivers
Thanks,
Sofiya Li
Sofiya Li
TechNet Community Support

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