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'''Windows Internal Database''' (codenamed WYukon, sometimes referred to as SQL Server Embedded Edition) is a variant of [[SQL Server Express]] 2005 that is included with [[Windows Server 2008]], and is included with other free [[Microsoft]] products released after 2007 that require an SQL Server database backend. [[Windows SharePoint Services]] 3.0 and [[Windows Server Update Services]] 3.0 both include Windows Internal Database, which can be used as an alternative to using a retail edition of SQL Server.
 
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 ServicesService]]s running on the same machine.
 
Several components of Windows Server 2008 use Windows Internal Database for their data storage: [[Active Directory Rights Management Services]], [[Windows System Resource Manager]], [[Universal Description Discovery and Integration|UDDI Services]], 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