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sql server not installing

Parag sonje 0 Reputation points
2023-06-24T05:41:02.4966667+00:00

while installing sql server management studio it is showing only package installing since 1 hr and installation is not happing why?

my laptop specification is 8 gb ram , 256gb ssd, 1tb hard drive , windows 11

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  1. Erland Sommarskog 134.7K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2023-06-24T08:54:36.41+00:00

    First of all, what are you trying to install? Your title says "SQL Server" while in the text you say "SQL Server Management Studio". They are not the same thing. SQL Server is the actual Database Management System (DBMS). SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is a tool to communicate with the SQL Server, and you have no use of SSMS without SQL Server.

    SSMS is a complex beast, and not is unheard of people having problem with installing SSMS. If it is the SSMS install that is hanging, I would try rebooting and try again.

    If you can't get SSMS to install, you can try Azure Data Studio instead. ADS is a new offering than SSMS. Personally, I like it less, but it less complex with it comes to installing.

    And keep in mind that no matter you install SSMS or ADS, you also need an SQL Server instance somewhere. On your laptop, on a different server in your environment or in the cloud.

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