In this article we will show you, Step by step procedure to Install SQL Server Management Studio with screenshots. SQL Management Studio is very useful, if your system has SQL Server instance and you want to control the data from SSMS.
Install SQL Server Management Studio – First Approach
If you have the installation CD / DVD, then insert the installation media into the drive to install SQL Server. Within the root folder, double-click on the setup.exe as shown below.
Once you click on the setup.exe, a new installation wizard called SQL Server Installation Center will be opened as we shown below. Next, go to Installation tab and click New SQL Server stand-alone installation or add features to an existing installation hyperlink
First the installation process will check for the updates
Next, it will enter into Install Rules window. And here, setup will automatically advances and perform the operations. Here, it has to pass all the rules present in this windows, but you can leave this Windows Firewall warning.
Once you click the Next button, it will enter into Setup page. Please select the second option i.e., Add Features to an existing instance of SQL Server because we want to add SQL Server management Studio to existing instance. Please refer Install SQL Server to understand the first option i.e installing SQL Server completely.
Feature Selection: Please select the features that you want to install into your computer. From the below screenshot, all the grayed out features are already installed in our local system.
In order to install SQL Server Management Studio, Please check mark Management Tools – Basic, and Management Tools – Complete features and click Next button.
Click Install button
Allow few minutes to completely install SQL Server Management Studio
As you can see from the below screenshot, we successfully installed SQL Server Management Studio in our local system.
Install SQL Server Management Studio – Second Approach
I must say, this is the direct approach to install SQL Server Management Studio. Click on the Download hyperlink to go to the below shown window. Next, Please click on the Download SQL Server Management Studio 17.4 hyperlink to start downloading the SSMS set up file
please click on Save File to save the setup file in your local hard drive
Click Install button to install SQL Server Management Studio
Allow few minutes to load packages that are required for SSMS
Allow few minutes to complete the installation of SQL Server Management Studio
Let me check whether we successfully installed the SQL Server Management Studio or not. From the below screenshot you can see the SSMS in recently added programs.
