Click on Accept button when the setup asks your consent to Install Microsoft R.On the Reporting Service Configuration stage, select Install and configure and click Next.Specify 'sa' user password and click Next. On the Da tabase Engine Configuration, change authentication mode to Mixed Mode.On the Server Configuration screen, you don't have to change anything.Otherwise, you can select the Named instance, give the proper name to SQL instance and then click Next. On the Instance Configuration stage, if you want to proceed with default settings then click Next.On the Feature Rules stage, the setup will check for any updates to be installed.On the Feature Selection stage, click on Select All and then Next.Ignore Windows Firewall warning and click Next. On the next step, the setup will check for all the Install Rules.On the next step, the setup will Install Setup Files.Enable Include SQL Server product updates and click Next to install MS SQL server updates.Enable Use Microsoft Updates to check for updates (recommended) and click Next.On the next screen, the setup will check Global Rules. Once it passes all the checks, click on Next.Accept the License Terms and click Next.On the next window, select New SQL server stand-alone installation or add a feature to an existing installation option.Otherwise, you can skip this step and click on Install button to proceed. On the next step, specify media download target location only if you want to change it.

This will launch the SQL Server Setup Wizard. Go to your Downloads folder and run the installer file.Download the SQL Server 2016 installer fileand save it to your local computer.The following tutorial will assist you to install MS SQL 2016 Express Edition.

To check minimum requirements of SQL server 2016, you can read our knowledgebase article.

It became available in preview releases during 2015, and became generally available on June 1st, 2016.An Express edition of SQL Server 2016 is a free yet powerful & reliable data management system capableĪn Express edition of SQL Server 2016 is a free yet powerful & reliable data management system, capable to power lightweight websites and desktop applications. Microsoft® SQL Server® 2016 is the latest version of Microsoft's relational database management system.

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