1. Online installation file download
Go to the official website SQL Server Download | Microsoft , select Express, and click Download Now.
2. Download the installation package
After the download is complete, double-click to open the exe file, select custom installation here, and select the location you want to install.
3. Configure and install SQL Server
Wait for a while for the download to complete, and the installation page will pop up, because our computer is installing SQL Server for the first time, so here we choose a new independent installation.
Accept the license, next step.
You can directly select the next step without checking.
Regardless of the firewall warning, click Next. If the installation fails, temporarily close the Windows firewall and try again.
Turn off Windows Firewall.
Go directly to the next step.
Click Select All, then click Next.
Jump out of the "Instance Configuration" interface, keep the default instance, and click Next.
Click Next.
Server configuration, keep the default, and proceed to the next step.
Database engine configuration, here we choose the mixed mode, enter the password, add the current user, and click Next.
The installation process is slow, so be patient.
The installation is complete.
4. Install SSMS
Go to the official website SQL Server Download | Microsoft , and choose to download SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in the tools below.
After downloading, change to the location you want and install it.
After the installation is complete, find Microsoft SQL Server Tools 19 in the start menu bar in the lower left corner of the computer , expand the folder, select SQL Server Management Studio 19 and click to open. You can drag it to the desktop for easy use.
After opening, you can use Windows authentication to connect directly, or you can choose to use the login name sa and the set password to log in.
After the connection is successful, we can use SQL Server to learn and operate the database.
