Installation Prerequisites Windows Server (2016+)

.NET Framework

Windows PowerShell

Administrator access

Installation Steps Download SQL Server:

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Download SQL Server ISO

Mount ISO or extract installation media

Run Installation:

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Setup.exe /Q /IACCEPTSQLSERVERLICENSETERMS /ACTION=Install
  /FEATURES=SQLEngine,Replication
  /INSTANCENAME=MSSQLSERVER
  /SQLSYSADMINACCOUNTS="BUILTIN\Administrators"
  /SECURITYMODE=SQL
  /SAPWD="ComplexPassword123!"
  

Post-Installation

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# Enable TCP/IP
$smo = 'Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.'
$wmi = new-object ($smo + 'Wmi.ManagedComputer')
$uri = "ManagedComputer[@Name='" + (get-item env:\computername).Value + "']/ServerInstance[@Name='MSSQLSERVER']/ServerProtocol[@Name='Tcp']"
$Tcp = $wmi.GetSmoObject($uri)
$Tcp.IsEnabled = $true
$Tcp.Alter()