Download the correct bootstrapper for the version of SSMS you want, and copy it into the folder you want to use as the source location for your local layout. The bootstrapper is the executable you use ...

This article is the entry point for SQL Server installation, upgrade, service startup, SQL Server Agent, failover cluster instance (FCI), Kerberos, linked server, and availability group failures that ...

Storage [!INCLUDE ssnoversion-md] requires a minimum of 6 GB of available hard drive space. Installing SQL Server on computers with the NTFS or ReFS file formats is ...

Installing SQL Server on Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit is not as simple as it appears Most of my test servers are still 32-bit machines. It’s not until recently that I have started to use 64-bit ...

The Microsoft OLE DB Provider is an SQL tool that enables developers to write code that provides an application with ADO access to an SQL database. The OLE DB Provider is not installed by default when ...

PowerShell automation for an existing Windows Server 2022 GUI install. Run it from an elevated PowerShell session to install SQL Server 2022 Database Engine from local SQL Server media and enable ...

The Linux version of Microsoft SQL Server 2016 v.Next is a viable option for customers who want to deploy the RDBMS on an open source platform, but the early previews lack some features of the core ...

The Microsoft SQL Query Analyzer is part of the client tools that come with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition. It's designed to analyze the SQL queries that you or a program makes that ...