Downloading and Installing SQL Server Express
Explore the step-by-step process of downloading and installing SQL Server Express on your own machine. Learn how to select features, configure instances, and set up essential directories to gain hands-on experience managing SQL Server for practical use and learning.
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Now that you are familiar with working with SQL Server on our platform, you can take things to the next level and work on your own machine. One way to do that is to install SQL Server Express.
SQL Server Express will help when it’s time to write syntax, and it’s also necessary if we want to gain some hands-on experience
Use this linkto download SQL Server Express.
Scroll down the page, choose the suitable language, and click “Download.”
After it’s finished downloading, open the file. When the install window comes up, it provides the “Basic,” “Custom,” or “Download Media” options. Let’s select “Custom.”
Keep the default settings on the next page where it asks for the installation.
After that, click “Install.”
Note: If no menu option is available after the installation, navigate to the path above on the computer, open the “ExpressAdv” folder, and click the “SETUP.EXE” file. It will open the launch ...