You can invoke SQL Server’s Installation Center by running SQL Server’s setup.exe application. The Installation Center provides many utilities that will help you install an instance; these include links and tools to assist you with planning your deployment, stand-alone and clustered installation capability, and advanced tools, which will allow you to build instances using configuration files or based upon prepared images.
This chapter will provide an overview of the options available to you in the Installation Center before guiding you through the process of installing SQL Server ...
