Setup a database instance with SQL Server 2012 Express

Just wanted to link to this awesome tutorial on how to setup your database instance when using SQL Server 2012 Express editions. I have always installed the full version which creates a localDB with services to enable or disable at will. However, this application is definitely a resource hog. I'm hoping the express edition will suffice for my purposes. I will install the full version on a dedicated VM (using VMware). However, one extra step with the express edition is that you need to configure the local server and database manually. This tutorial helped me immensely.

This is using Windows 7 64bit.

How to install SQL Server 2012 and create a local SQLserver database.

Enjoy!