How to Install SQL Server on Windows

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.

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How to Install SSMS

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).

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How to Install SQL Server on SUSE 12

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.

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How to Install SQL Server on Red Hat 8

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.

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