I just downloaded and installed MS SQL Server 2014 Express on my Win 8.1 machine.
Unfortunately I can't figure out, how to run it.
I just need a simple client, where I can run my SQL statements and do some processing with windows-related programming languages.
This is how my folder structure looks like:
I've already read "Start, Stop, Pause, Resume, Restart the Database Engine, SQL Server Agent, or SQL Server Browser Service", but it wasn't what I'm looking for.
Try SQL Server Management Studio Express.
You can download it here.