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Can we use an existing SQL Server instance instead of requiring the MAP Toolkit to install SQL Server Express?

April 26, 2017existing Express install instance map requiring SQL Server Toolkit

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Can we use an existing SQL Server instance instead of requiring the MAP Toolkit to install SQL Server Express?

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Yes. You may use any edition of SQL Server 2005 or 2008 or R2 as long as you have an existing instance named “MAPS” on the same machine. When installing SQL Server, make certain that the default collation order for the SQL instance is set to “SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS”.