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technology and computing databasesWhat is the database size limit for SQL Express 2014?
Similarly, what is the maximum database size for SQL Express?
Maximum database size of 10 GB per database in SQL Server 2016, SQL Server 2014, SQL Server 2012, and 2008 R2 Express (4 GB for SQL Server 2008 Express and earlier; compared to 2 GB in the former MSDE).
Also question is, how do I increase database size limit in SQL Server 2014?
Expand Databases, right-click the database to increase, and then click Properties. In Database Properties, select the Files page. To increase the size of an existing file, increase the value in the Initial Size (MB) column for the file. You must increase the size of the database by at least 1 megabyte.
The most important limitation is that SQL Server Express does not support databases larger than 10 GB. This will prevent you from growing your database to be large. There are also memory limits that will prevent scaling to many users and heavy transaction loads that need to be looked at.