SQL Server Installation Guide
What is Sql Server?
SQL Server is a
relational database management system, or RDBMS, developed, maintained and
marketed by Microsoft.
It is used to store and retrieve data as requested by
the user in a tabular form. The storing and retrieval and be done same system
or over a computer network.
Downloading the system
Type Microsoft Sql Server download in url bar and
select SQL Server Downloads | Microsoft
From the search results, or click here
Select either Developer or Express version and click
download as shown below
In this case, we are selecting Developer Edition for
this tutorial, therefore click on Download now for Developer as shown below
Select the installation type you want, in our case, we
are selecting Basic, so click on Basic and accept the License Terms by clicking
on Accept to continue
Specify the location you want to install the
application and click on install button
Wait for the Application to download the time taken
depends on your network speed
The installer will install planning section. Click on
the Installation tab as shown below
Select New SQL Server stand-alone installation or add
features to an existing installation
In product key, you can
specify a license or select a free edition. In this tutorial, we will install
the developer edition.
Click on Next for License Terms to show the terms to install it. Accept the
license terms
In Microsoft updates,
you can verify if there are updates in the installer before proceeding
The Install Rules will
verify the Active Template Library, the registry keys and if the computer is
not a domain controller, or any feature that will prevent the installation
In the context of the
Feature Selection, Select Data Engine Services, which is the database itself.
You can also selection other features based on what u want to do. In this case,
we are Ok with Data Engine and click on Next.
You can have multiple
SQL Server instances in SQL Server in the same server. This can be useful to
simulate and practice replications, mirroring or to have separate instances for
different purposes. By default, you can install the default instance that is
usually the Server computer name, we are choosing default instance for this
tutorial
Set how the services
start. It is a good practice to keep them. Do not grant administrative
privileges to these accounts unless there is no other choice
There are two options
in SQL Server to authenticate. Windows authentication will use the Windows
Account to authenticate in SQL. Mixed Mode allows creating internal logins and
passwords inside SQL Server. You can Add accounts here using the Add Current
User or by pressing the Add button as shown below
Once that you have installed
everything, you can verify the configurations. If everything is OK, press
Install as shown below
After some minutes
depending on your system speed, you will have your database installed
You have successfully
installed Sql Server to your Computer System
Thank you
Database creation is next
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