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Installing SQL Server

Installing SQL Server - SQL Server Tutorial

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Installing SQL Server

- [Instructor] In this movie, we're going to install SQL Server on my computer. Now if you've been following along from the previous movie, you should have this SQL Server Developer Installation file inside of the default download's folder that your web browser uses. We're going to use this file to install our own copy of SQL Server. Before I begin the installation process though, it's a good idea to make sure that your computer is up to date with all of the available service patches by running through Windows Update. I've done that previously and just restarted my computer, so I know that my machine is good to go. Let's go ahead and double click on this file to begin the process, and we'll go ahead and allow it to make changes to my computer. That'll bring up the Developer Edition installation window where we have the option to install a basic installation, a custom installation, or to just download the media. Now SQL Server is a complicated program that is configurable for a wide…

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