VBR v12 RTM removed " Install a new instance" selection from Installation setup with the Microsoft SQL Server, bug or normal?

V12 changed the default DB to Postgres and brings a pgsql installer, so it makes sense not to ship the SQL express installer. 
 

I need to double check later when not on the phone, but I don’t think it’s a bug but expected. 

Ah that makes perfect sense.  Thanks, Mildur.  I like the push to PostgreSQL anyway much better and saves money for licensing SQL. 😋

Thanks for the feedback @CarySun , but I disagree - here’s my two cents. I see two types of customers:

1. Run a default next-next-finish install with the defaults → Basically these customers would not care if a SQL Express of PostgreSQL is installed but just follow the wizard and use whatever comes per default.
2. Customer had some requirement which needs more than SQL Express → The customer needed to install SQL server manually anyway before, so there is no change for him if he still wants to use SQL, but he has now an option to use PostgreSQL instead for a more convenient (and cheaper) installation.

PostgreSQL has performance and sizing advantages over SQL Express, I would not recommend any customer to install SQL express on a new VBR compared to Postgres.
If a customer uses SQL Standard already I can see reasons to stick with it.

I’m surprised the option has removed. When you are working in a global company 
and your Veeam EM and Veeam ONE server are because of the size of the company many years on SQL standard. We have a lot of remote size with Veeam B&R servers some of them years on standard SQl because of the size but also small remote sites where SQL Standard did make sense and uses sql express. No we are replacing the Veeam B&R server one of those remote sites SQL express is not provided and PostgreSQL isn’t an option. As told and in the documentation you can’t have different SQL versions in the same Veeam environment. As our Veeam EM and One are SQL standard we need to go for SQL and if we don’t want to spend a SQL standard license for this small remote country.
SQL express is the only option   

@Mildur 

Of course I know that's not the remark, I just want to say it’s not that black and white for customers.
With a legacy environment and mixed needs. I don’t have a problem Veeam puts PostgreSQL as default
but when you choose the customize SQL express should be there it doesn’t cost them anything.
Or will the support for SQL express change?

The other issue switching database engines is that you cannot restore a configuration from an instance running SQL Server to and instance running Postgre.