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Is it possible to copy a database from SQL server 2005 Enterprise Edition Eval to SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition using Backup Database and Restore Database commands? &nbsp;Both servers run on Windows server 2003 std edition 32 bit machines. &nbsp;We're not using any advanced features found only in EE.
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Is it possible to copy a database from SQL server 2005 Enterprise Edition Eval to SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition using Backup Database and Restore Database commands?  Both servers run on Windows server 2003 std edition 32 bit machines.  We're not using any advanced features found only in EE.

Copy database from SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition to Standard Edition

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. It includes support for managing XML data and allows a database server to be exposed over web services using Tabular Data Stream (TDS) packets encapsulated within SOAP (protocol) requests.

Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Microsoft SQL Server is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.SQL Server is available in multiple versions, typically identified by release year, and versions are subdivided into editions to distinguish between product functionality. Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning.