Step 2: Install SQL Server 2019 CTP 2.0
To Install the new version of SQL Server 2019, I first mounted the ISO image to my virtual machine and then browsed the ISO image to see what it contained:
SQL Server 2019 CTP 2.0 ISO Image
Look familiar? To start my installation, I double-click on the “setup” file, which brings up the following “SQL Server Installation Center” dialog box:
SQL Server Installation Center Dialog Box
I started my installation by clicking on the “Installation” link on the left panel above, which brings up the following “Product Key” dialog box:
Product Key Dialog Box
On this screen I take the defaults, which is to install the free 180-day evaluation edition. To move on with the installation process I click the “Next” button, which displays the following dialog box:
SQL Server Installation Center
Under the “Installation” items I selected the “New SQL Server stand-alone installation or add features to an existing installation” item. When I clicked on this item the following “Licensing Terms” dialog box is displayed:
License Terms
I check the “I accept the licensing terms…” item and then click on the “Next” button, which brings up the following “Global Rules” window:
Global Rules
This screen is only displayed for a few seconds before disappearing, and then the “Microsoft Update” dialog box is displayed:
Microsoft Update
In this dialog box I check the “Use Microsoft Update to check for updates (recommended)” option. By doing this my installation would look to see if there are any updates from Microsoft. After checking the box, I then click on the “Next” button which displays the following dialog box:
Install Setup Files
This screen is displayed while the installation process is scanning for updates. Once the update scanning process has completed, the following “Install Rules” dialog box is displayed:
Install Rules
I can see that I have only a Window Firewall rule warning. I ignored this for now and clicked on the “Next” button. Doing this brings up the following “Feature Selection” dialog box:
Feature Selection
I reviewed the list of feature items available to SQL Server 2019 CTP 2.0. At this time I have only found one new item, which is the “Java connector for HDFS data sources”, which can be found under the “PolyBase Query Services for External Data” item. I decided to click on the “Select All” button. I did this, so my installation will contain all the SQL Server 2019 features. Not sure I’m going to test all the features, but at least I will install all of them, if I can. Once I selected all the features I clicked the “Next” button. When I do this the following “Features Rules” dialog box is displayed:
Feature Rules
As you can see I got one failure and one warning.
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