Management Studio) at this stage as we could with previous versions of SQL server but we will come to that later. Unfortunately we cannot install the client tools (i.e.
Either choose a trial or enter your product key now.Īccept the terms and click Next, after the rule check decide whether or not you want to use Windows update to keep SQL Server 2016 up to date.Īs I will be using SQL Server 2016 with SCCM 2016 I have selected ‘Database Engine Services’ and ‘Reporting Services’ – your needs may vary. This will start the SQL Server 2016 Setup wizard. Click Installation and choose ‘New SQL Server stand-alone installation or add features to an existing installation’. To begin with start the installer from your downloaded. It is fairly straight forward but there are additional concerns with the setup depending on what you will be using SQL server for. For this post I will go through the install process for SQL server 2016.
