

The SQL Server Management Studio is a GUI program that allows you to manage your databases quickly and easily, create users, set database permissions, make backups, and much more. How to install SQL Server Management Studio You’re done! You’ve gone through all the SQL Server 2017 installation steps and it’s ready to run on your system. Once the installation is complete, click Close to finish.Mixed Mode allows you connect to SQL Server using both your Windows account password and also a custom password you can set for SQL Server admin privileges.Ĭlick Next to see a summary of the installation process. If you’d like to have the option to connect to databases through both Windows and SQL Server authentication, check Mixed Mode. You’ll now see the Database Engine Configuration settings. You can leave these settings untouched.Ĭlick Next. You’ll be taken to the Server Configuration screen. You can also go with the Default instance name.Ĭlick Next. In our example, we’ve chosen SQLExpress as our named instance. Basically, in SQL Server, you can have more than one instance (a collection of databases run by a single service) of the server. You’ll be taken to a screen where you may specify a Named instance for your installation. For example, you can choose to install machine learning services for R and Python.Ĭlick the Next button. You’ll then be taken to the Feature Selection screen, where you can choose custom SQL Server 2017 features you would like to install. Review these if you’d like, and click Accept. On the next screen, you’ll see a setup process. You can leave this as the default or select a custom installation directory.Ĭlick the Install button to download the installation packages.Īfter the installation package is downloaded, select New SQL Server stand-alone installation, as shown below. On the next page, select a directory for the installation folder. We recommend a Custom installation, as this allows you to choose what you want to install from the extended tools. The wizard will prompt you to select an installation type.

This will download the installation wizard.

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