Ease Octopus Server installation by removing the SQL Server manual step

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I’d recommend either having Octopus install it’s own private SQL Express instance or have it use some other database engine that doesn’t require manual installation by the user.

2

Good feedback, sounds like a few people would like to avoid SQL Express:

http://help.octopusdeploy.com/discussions/problems/6-may-i-suggest-sql-ce-4-instead-of-any-instance-of-sql-server

I’ll make SQL CE the default option for new installs.

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See the resolution here for why SQL CE probably won’t be an option for a long time:

http://help.octopusdeploy.com/discussions/problems/6-may-i-suggest-sql-ce-4-instead-of-any-instance-of-sql-server