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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 [[Windows Server 2008 R2]], 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. WID is a 32-bit application, even as component of Windows Server 2008 64-bit, which installs in the path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft 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 Service]]s running on the same machine.