Steps by steps instruction for installing SQL Server 2012 in Windows Server 2012. I am installing SQL Server 2012 for trying SharePoint 2013 in VirtualBox machine
1. Open your ISO image files and double click to start installation process
2. Double click on Run Setup.exe to start the SQL Server 2012 Installation
3. In SQL Server Installation Center 2010, Click Installation
4. In SQL Server Installation Center 2012, Click new sql server stand alone installation or add features to an existing installation.
This will launch a wizard to install SQL Server 2012 in a non-clustered environment or to add features to an existing SQL Server 2012 instance.
5. Setup Support Rules for SQL Server 2012
Setup Support rules identify problems that might occur when your install SQL Server setup support files.
Failures must be corrected before setup can continue
6. Product Key SQL Server 2012 Setup
Specify the edition of SQL Server 2012 to install
7. Setup Support Rules
Setup Support rules identify problems that might occur when your install SQL Server setup support files.
Failures must be corrected before setup can continue. I get warning message for installing SQL in domain controller
8. SQL Server 2012 Setup Role
Click the SQL Server feature installation option to individually select which feature components to install, or click a feature role to install a specific configuration
9. SQL Server 2012 Feature Selection
10. SQL Server 2012 Setup Instance Configuration
Specify the name and instance ID for the instance of SQL Server. Instance ID becomes part of the installation Path
11. SQL Server 2012 Server Configuration
Specify the services accounts and collation configuration
12. SQL Server 2012 Setup Database Configuration, Server Configuration
Specify the authentication mode and administrators for the Database Engine.
13. SQL Server 2012 setup database engine configuration
Specify database engine authentication security mode, administrators and data directories
14. SQL Server 2012 Setup : Read to Install
Verify the SQL Server 2012 features to be install and click Install
15. SQL Server 2012 Installation completed. Click close the window
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