How to reinstall SQL Server Configuration Manager

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How to reinstall SQL Server Configuration Manager

Tanmay Patil 0

I uninstalled everything that said SQL and was trying to SQL Express 2022 but the install kept failing so I manually deleted everything that said SQL from C drive including SQL Server Configuration Manager. Now I have installed SQL Server Management Studio but it is not working I think because there is no SQL Server Configuration Manager. Every solution I am finding online is leading to the roadblock that I do not have SQL Server Configuration Manager anymore. How do I get it back?

Viorel 122.5K Reputation points

2024-02-16T08:13:30.7066667+00:00

Did you also install the SQL Server? I do not think that Configuration Manager is a part of Management Studio.

You can also try the SQL Server 2022 Developer edition, but Management Studio should be still installed separately.
Olaf Helper 47,436 Reputation points

2024-02-16T08:15:55.13+00:00

SSMS is just a tool, SSCM = "Configuration Manager" comes with the installation of SQL Server (database engine).
LiHongMSFT-4306 31,566 Reputation points

2024-02-29T06:33:23.0766667+00:00

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Viorel 122.5K Reputation points

2024-02-16T08:13:30.7066667+00:00

Did you also install the SQL Server? I do not think that Configuration Manager is a part of Management Studio.

You can also try the SQL Server 2022 Developer edition, but Management Studio should be still installed separately.
Olaf Helper 47,436 Reputation points

2024-02-16T08:15:55.13+00:00

SSMS is just a tool, SSCM = "Configuration Manager" comes with the installation of SQL Server (database engine).
LiHongMSFT-4306 31,566 Reputation points

2024-02-29T06:33:23.0766667+00:00

Hi @Tanmay Patil We haven't heard any response from you yet.

Is this issue solved now? If you have any questions, please feel free to share with us.

And don't forget to accept the answers if they helped. Your action would be helpful to other users who encounter the same issue and read this thread.

Thanks for your understanding!

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Greg Low 1,980 Microsoft Regional Director

In recent versions, SQL Server Configuration Manager wasn't installed as a separate tool. You can find it in the Computer Management snap-in. (i.e., Run compmgmt.msc, then expand Services and Applications in the left-hand pane. You'll find it in there.
One thing to be aware of, it works fine for services, etc. but pretty sure there was an issue with creating aliases in there now, and blog posts said you now need to use the old cliconfg to do that. (Wish that wasn't so)

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