First, download the SQL Server setup from the official website.
Download the setup from this link.
The following file will be downloaded.
Run the downloaded file, and you will see the following screen. Simply click on the Install button.
The installation of the management studio will begin. This process may take some time.
Once the installation is complete, close the installation guide and open the Start menu, then search for SQL Server Management Studio. You will find the application as shown below. Now, click on it to open the application.
Next, you will see the following screen. In the Connect to Server window, you can see the instance name of SQL, which we just installed. (Refer to Step 9). You can connect an instance using Windows Authentication or SQL Authentication, which we created in the previous section.
After successful authentication, you can see the Object Explorer where you can find a list of databases and other SQL objects.
So, hopefully, you now understand how to install and connect to SQL Server using SQL Server Management Studio.
Sometimes you may encounter some issues/errors during the SQL Server installation. Below are some common errors.