Requests to retrieve or alter stored data are often called database queries. A 'client-server' database management system. Because of this, client-server databases handle many more concurrent users and vastly greater amounts of data. This MSDE database is designed to quickly upgrade to the full SQL Server to meet the most demanding database application requirements for the enterprise, including operational and decision support systems implemented today and in the future. The MSDE database operates as a service.
Services are applications that run as background processes.
The behavior of services differs from that of other applications. For example, while most applications are executed only when a user launches the application from the Start menu, services such as MSDE are generally started and stopped by the operating system environment. Track-IT Suite requires that the MSDE service be running. A service runs in the background and waits for processing requests. In the case of MSDE, these requests are for database operations.