• Version downloads
• Instance default database locations
• Command line
• Versions installed
• Instances and names
• Creating instances
• Starting instances
• Removing instances
• Connecting to an instance in Visual Studio
• Connecting to an instance in SQL Server Management Studio
• Connection string for ApplicationDbContext

SQL Server LocalDB is a uselful lightweight version of the SQL Server database system that allows for easy delevopment of SQL Server related applications.

There are a number of versions which can be used, and they can all be installed and used on the same system at the same time. This feature makes it easy to develop applications on the same computer that target different versions of SQL Server.