Can't speak for OP but here in Africa I've worked on a two unrelated projects where poor internet connectivity meant it made sense to have a local SQL Express r

Can't speak for OP but here in Africa I've worked on a two unrelated projects where poor internet connectivity meant it made sense to have a local SQL Express running on a users device, which a service would then try to regularly synchronize with the central server. Makes sense when you are capturing documentation and can make all the decisions in disconnected operation.