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Is it ok to develop a Payroll System for a small company using Visual Studio 2005 Express and MS SQL Sever 2005 Express Edition?

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    Yes. The Express editions are fully functional apart from the ability to host plugins. There are no restrictions on what you can develop. – ChrisF May 20 '11 at 15:07
  • See - [SQL server Express licensing]( http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2320954/sql-server-2008-express-edition-licensing) and [Visual Studio Express licensing](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1635500/visual-studio-2005-express-edition-license) – ChrisF May 20 '11 at 15:07
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    I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is about licensing or legal issues, not programming or software development. [See here](http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/274963/questions-about-licensing/274964#274964) and [here](http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/139804/can-licensing-questions-ever-be-on-topic) for details, and the [help] for more. – JasonMArcher Jun 15 '15 at 04:35

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Yes, it is.

The express editions can be used for commercial purposes.

See the FAQ:

  • Can I use Express Editions for commercial use?

Yes, there are no licensing restrictions for applications built using Visual Studio Express Editions.

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  • For development sure... but can they actually RUN the system in Production off the Express edition? – Fosco May 20 '11 at 15:07
  • @Fosco - What do you mean? A compiled application does not need an express edition to run. And if it did, it is free to download ;) – Oded May 20 '11 at 15:08
  • He specified SQL Server Express, so this is about more than just writing the GUI. But it appears it can be used commercially, so I am surprised. – Fosco May 20 '11 at 15:09
  • @Fosco - You mean the limitations of SQL Server Express? – yonan2236 May 20 '11 at 15:15
  • @Fosco - MS recommend using it for some application. And some enterprising souls have use multiple instances on VMs as load balanced SQL Servers :) – Oded May 20 '11 at 15:19