In this article, I show you how to install SQL Server on a Windows machine (screenshots included).
In this case I used the installation wizard to install SQL Server 2019 onto a Windows 10 machine, using the Basic installation option, which uses the default configuration.
SSMS (SQL Server Management Studio) is a graphical tool that you can use to administer SQL Server.
SSMS used to be bundled with SQL Server, but that is no longer the case. You must now install it separately.
This article shows you how to install SSMS (including screenshots).
Note that SSMS is only available for Windows machines. If you’re using a non-Windows machine (such as Mac or Linux), try Azure Data Studio or perhaps DBeaver.
Also note that Azure Data Studio is now included when you install SSMS (starting with SSMS 18.7).
This article provides step-by-step instructions for installing SQL Server 2019 for Linux on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12.
These steps should work on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SP2, SP3, SP4, and SP5.
You should have at least 2GB of memory before you install SQL Server on your SUSE machine. If you’re installing this on a virtual machine, you should have at least 2GB of memory allocated to it.
The file system must be XFS or EXT4.
This article provides step-by-step instructions for installing SQL Server 2019 for Linux on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.
I performed these steps using RHEL 8.3, but they should also work on RHEL editions 7.3 to 7.8, and 8.0 to 8.2.
You should have at least 2GB of memory before you install SQL Server on your Red Hat machine. If you’re installing this on a virtual machine, you should have at least 2GB of memory allocated to it.
This article provides step-by-step instructions for installing SQL Server 2019 for Linux on Ubuntu 18.04.
It should also work with Ubuntu 16.04 (just change the path as instructed).
You should have at least 2GB of memory before you install SQL Server on your Ubuntu machine.
The easiest way to install PostgreSQL on a Mac is by installing Postgres.app. Postgres.app is a full-featured PostgreSQL installation packaged as a standard Mac application.
You simply download it and drag it to your Applications folder, just like with any other application.
I previously explained how to install SQL Server on a Mac via a Docker container. When I wrote that, SQL Server 2017 was the latest version of SQL Server, and it had just been made available for Linux and Docker (which means that you can also install it on MacOS systems).
Azure Data Studio (previously known as SQL Operations Studio) is a free tool that you can use to manage SQL Server. It uses a graphical user interface (GUI) that helps you view the various databases and objects within a SQL Server instance. It can run on Windows, macOS, and Linux, and it’s also designed to be used with Azure SQL Database, and Azure SQL Data Warehouse.
Here I explain how to install Azure Data Studio onto a Mac, then how to use it to connect to SQL Server.
Here I’ll show you how to install SQL Server on a Mac with VirtualBox running Windows (a free trial edition).
The result of this is that you’ll have both Windows and SQL Server running on your Mac. And because you’re using VirtualBox, switching between macOS and Windows is as easy as switching between any other application.
As mentioned, this method involves Windows. If that scares you, then you might be better off installing SQL Server on your Mac via a Docker container. That method doesn’t involve Windows in any shape or form.
But if you don’t mind using Windows (or if you need to), here are the main steps for installing SQL Server for Windows on your Mac using VirtualBox:
Below are more detailed instructions for each of these steps.
UPDATE: SQL Operations Studio (SQLOPS) has since been renamed to Azure Data Studio. The steps in this article remain the same though. In any case, I’ve also rewritten these steps (and included the equivalent screenshots) specifically for Azure Data Studio . See How to Install Azure Data Studio on a Mac.
SQL Operations Studio (also abbreviated to SQLOPS) is a free tool that you can use to manage SQL Server. It uses a graphical user interface (GUI) that helps you view the various databases and objects within a SQL Server instance. It can run on Windows, macOS, and Linux, and it’s also designed to be used with Azure SQL Database, and Azure SQL Data Warehouse.
Here I explain how to install SQLOPS onto a Mac, then how to use it to connect to SQL Server.