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Asked: 2026-06-16T05:31:19+00:00

I know this sounds dumb but just for curiosity, I am asking so. I

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I know this sounds dumb but just for curiosity, I am asking so.

I am developing a web app on Microsoft SQL Server Express Edition with Advanced Services (64-bit). My client has SQL Server 2008 Web Edition. So I just want to know about the compatibility issues or any feature differences between the two, as I have to deploy the express edition on web edition.

Please note : we don’t have any advanced features implementation like Reporting, Analysis, BI. We have simply CRUD operations with triggers and views etc. We might execute jobs for backup on our server.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Express and Web edition are exactly the same code base, exactly the same database file format – no problems to be expected here.

    You can either:

    • deploy using SQL scripts against the new Web edition database
    • or you can even backup / restore your database from your Express edition to the Web edition server

    The more important point is: it has to be the same version, e.g. both 2008, or 2008 R2 – don’t mix those! You cannot restore a newer version backup onto an older version SQL Server (e.g. you could not backup your SQL Server 2008 R2 Express database and then restore it to a SQL Server 2008 Web edition instance). The path using SQL scripts always works, though

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