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Windows Internal Database is not available as a standalone product for use by end-user applications; Microsoft provides SQL Server Express and [[Microsoft SQL Server]] for this purpose. Additionally, it is designed to only be accessible to [[Windows Service]]s running on the same machine.

Several components of Windows Server 2008 and 2012 use Windows Internal Database for their data storage: [[Active Directory Rights Management Services]], [[Windows System Resource Manager]], [[Universal Description Discovery and Integration|UDDI Services]], [[Active Directory Federation Services]] 2.0, Remote Desktop (standalone) Connection Broker, [[Windows_Server_2012#IP_address_managementIP address management (IPAM)|IPAM]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/library/jj878342.aspx|title=IPAM Architecture

|work=TechNet|publisher=Microsoft}}</ref> and Windows SharePoint Services. On Windows Server 2003, SharePoint and [[Windows Server Update Services]] will install Windows Internal Database and use it as a default data store if a retail SQL Server database instance is not provided. A Knowledge Base article published by Microsoft states that Windows Internal Database does not identify itself as a removable component, and provides instructions how it may be uninstalled by calling [[Windows Installer]] directly.<ref>{{cite web

|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920277