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Installation wizard

The installation wizard is started from the SQL Server installation center from the second tab called Installation. There are several wizards (shortened):

New SQL Server standalone installation
Install SQL Server Reporting Services (new on SQL Server 2017; the version 2016 installation of SSRS was added to SQL Server's installation wizard directly)
Install SQL Server Management Tools (means SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS); beginning in version 2016, management and data tools are not installed within SQL Server installation process, they are installed and versioned separately)

The first option called New SQL Server stand-alone installation is the right way to install SQL Server on a clean machine just with the operating ...

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