"Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Everywhere Edition (SQL Server Everywhere) is designed for developers who need light weight, in process relational database solution for their applications that can be developed and deployed on desktop as well as on mobile devices. The SQL Server Everywhere CTP contains the runtime bits that can be used to develop and deploy applications on desktop only. The RTW of SQL Server Everywhere will contain the device support for developing and deploying applications on mobile devices. SQL Server Everywhere CTP is a powerful tool that makes it easy to develop desktop applications by supporting familiar Structured Query Language (SQL) syntax and providing a development model and API consistent with SQL Server."
Microsoft is announcing the availability of the Community Technical Preview of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Everywhere Edition just before Tech�Ed 2006, the largest annual customer conference for IT Pros and developers. The Everywhere Edition is the new version of a feature rich compact database that was previously called SQL Server CE. The new edition provides a reliable and better performing database engine, it offers improved synchronization, and integrates with SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005. To learn the details of what's new in this edition and how to use this new mobile database, download the SQL Server 2005 Everywhere Edition Books Online from here. Developers who are eager to get cracking on the mobile database will have to wait a bit longer to test it on their mobile devices, because the current CTP version supports the database on only the Windows Desktop, the mobile version is not available in this CTP release. :?