It will install SQL Server engine on your computer, but w/o any tools to manage DataBases. You must write all scripts to create or modify DB or tables. If you have somewhere SQL Server (some of its full versions) you can Export DB from it to your computer and then test how VFP handles DBs. You can connect to this instance of SQL Server with VFP and use any of SQL... Functions, Create and modify CursorAdapters or RemoteViews.