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Database Server (Desktop) installation guide

New installations

  • Set up a database server
  • Use a command to enable SQL Server Express to store geodatabases
  • Add a database server to ArcGIS for Desktop
  • Add logins to a database server
  • Alter permissions
  • Create a desktop or workgroup geodatabase

Upgrades

  • Database server and geodatabase upgrades
  • Create a backup of a desktop or workgroup geodatabase
  • Upgrade SQL Server Express
  • Upgrade a desktop or workgroup geodatabase

Database Server (Desktop) installation guide

This installation guide includes instructions on how to setup and upgrade a database server and geodatabases:

  • Install Microsoft SQL Server Express and enable it to store desktop geodatabases.
  • Set up ArcGIS for Desktop to connect to the database server.
  • Create a geodatabase.
  • Upgrade SQL Server Express.
  • Upgrade geodatabases.
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