Step 11 – This step lets you select the account for the services.
Step 10 – This step lets you decide if you want to go with Default Instance or a Named Instance. I’m choosing only those ones which I need for my testing. Step 9 – This step is where you will select the features.
In this install I will discuss about the first option, ie SQLServer Feature Installation. Step 8 – This step provides you with Feature installation options. Step 7 – Install rules are checked for this step, and I have highlighted a check which was interesting to me. If the checks are good, then the install will proceed to the next step automatically. Step 4 – 6 These are the steps where Global Rules, Product Updates are checked and Setup files are extracted and installed. There is also an option to turn on select Customer Experience Improvement Program and Error Reporting.
Step 3 – This screen is where you need to accept the license terms. Step 2 – Choose the stand-alone install option, and it will take you to the product key page. Step 1 – The landing page looks pretty similar to the earlier versions, and you can choose the installation tab to get things started. There are no changes for the GUI based install process when you compare with SQLServer 2012,but one thing I’m pretty sure that the installer is sleek and faster. I will be writing a separate post on the features I love about SQLServer 2014,but here is the step by step install process for a standalone install. Its generally available starting today, and I downloaded a fresh copy to start testing it. Click Close to finish.Hot cake for the day is SQLServer 2014 RTM bits. Installation is successful as shown in the above screen. Step 21 − Make sure to check the above selection correctly and click Install. Step 20 − Click Next on the above screen to the get the following screen. Step 19 − Click Next on the above screen. Step 18 − Make sure to select the above directory locations and click Next. Step 17 − Make sure authentication mode selection and administrators are checked and click Data Directories. Step 16 − Make sure the correct collation selection is checked and click Next. Step 15 − Select service account names and start-up types for the above listed services and click Collation. Step 14 − Click Next on the above screen and the following screen appears. Step 13 − Enter the named instance (here I used TestInstance) and click Next. Step 12 − Select Database engine services checkbox and click Next. Step 11 − Select SQL Server feature installation option and click Next. Step 10 − Select the checkbox to accept the license option and click Next. Step 9 − Make sure to check the product key selection and click Next. Step 8 − Click Next to get the following screen.
Step 7 − Click OK and the following screen pops up. Step 6 − Click the first option of the right side seen on the above screen. Step 5 − Click Installation which is on the left side of the above screen. Step 4 − Once we click on 'setup' application, the following screen will open. Step 3 − Click the “SQLFULL_x86_ENU” or “SQLFULL_圆4_ENU_Install.exe” folder and double-click “SETUP” application.įor understanding, here we have used SQLFULL_圆4_ENU_Install.exe software. Step 2 − Double-click the “SQLFULL_x86_ENU_Install.exe” or “SQLFULL_圆4_ENU_Install.exe”, it will extract the required files for installation in the“SQLFULL_x86_ENU” or “SQLFULL_x86_ENU” folder respectively.
Once the software is downloaded, the following files will be available based on your download (32 or 64 bit) option. Step 1 − Download the Evaluation Edition from