

Figure 4: The SQL Server 2016 Express Edition Specify SQL Server media download target location screen. Click on the Install button to begin the download process. This determines where the installation program will download all of the files it needs to complete the setup process generally you should just accept the default folder as long as you have enough free space on that partition. Step 4: On the next screen, you see the SQL Server 2016 Specify SQL Server media download target location screen as shown in figure 4. Figure 3: The SQL Server 2016 Express Edition Select an installation type screen. Step 3: The first screen you see in the installation process should be the SQL Server 2016 with SP1 Express Edition Select an installation type screen as shown in figure 3. Figure 2: The downloaded SQLServer2016-SSEI-Expr.exe file. Then, click the Yes button to allow the app to make changes when prompted by your Windows Account Control security window pops up. Double-click the exe file to invoke the installation process. Step 2: Once you click the Download now button an executable file will be downloaded to your computer's Downloads folder, the file should look like the one shown in figure 2. Step 1: Go to the download page for SQL Server 2016 Express and click on the Download button, then click on the Download now button for the Express edition on the SQL Server downloads page as shown in figure 1: Figure 1: The SQL Server downloads screen. Downloading the MS SQL Server Installation Center Supplement to the instructions provided in your text book for downloading the most recent versions of Microsoft's SQL Server Express Edition and the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). Use the following step-by-step instructions as a
