It was developed concurrently with Windows 10 and is the successor to the Windows 8-based Windows Server 2012. This will open an installation wizard that guides you through the process.Ĭontinue through all steps of the installation wizard. Windows Server 2016 is the seventh release of the Windows Server server operating system developed by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems. The SQL Server Installation Center will now open.Įnsuring that Installation is selected in the left menu, click the first option, New SQL Server stand-alone installation or add features to an existing installation to start the installation process. Once the package has downloaded, open the folder in the File Explorer and double-click Setup to launch the SQL Server Installation Center.Ĭlick Yes if you get a security message asking if you want the app to make changes to your PC. Launch the SQL Server Installation Center.If you don't want to become a Visual Studio Dev Essentials member, download the free SQL Server 2016 Express edition. Membership is free, and you get access to other free downloads too. In SQL Server 2016 CTP 3. You will need to log in or become a member in order to download SQL Server Developer edition. The SQL Server 2016 Community Technology Preview (CTP) 3.3 is now available for download In SQL Server 2016 CTP 3.3, part of our new rapid preview model, we made enhancements to several features which you can try in your development and test environments. All series include 16.x, 17.x and 18.0 as version numbers. In 2016, Microsoft started the first numerical series of versioning with the SSMS version number as 16.3. SSMS remains an integral part of SQL server with SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2012 and SQL Server 2016. Choosing the Developer edition will direct you to the Visual Studio Dev Essentials website. SSMS first version was with SQL server 2005.