SQL Server 2008 Standard (with Full-Text Search enabled)
SQL Server 2008 R2 (with Full-Text Search enabled)
Microsoft SQL Server 2012
Note: You can also use SQL Server 2008 Express with Advanced Services, which can be downloaded from msdn.microsoft.com. However, SQL Server 2008 Standard, SQL Server 2008 R2, are recommended instead. If you decide to use SQL Server 2008 Express, it is important that you use SQL Server 2008 Express with Advanced Services, because this version includes Full-Text Search as a feature that Pulse requires in order to function.