This article will walk you through installing and configuring SQL Server for a migration workstation.

1. Visit https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/sql-server-downloads and scroll down to the TOP DOWNLOADS section
   Select SQL Server 2025 Developer 
   Click Download now
   
   
   
2. Once it finishes downloading, open the Installer
   
3. If you get a User Account Control message:
   Click Yes
   
   
4. Click Custom
   
   
5. If you wish to change the location of the download media you may do so on this screen.  Generally the default is fine
   Click Install
   
   
6. Click Installation on the left and then New SQL Server standalone installation or add features to an existing installation
   
   
7. On the first screen the edition should already be set to Enterprise Developer. 
   Confirm that it is, if not, change it to Enterprise Developer
   Click Next
   
   
8. Accept the license terms
   Click Next
   
   
9. Click Next through the following series of settings pages to use the default settings until your reach the Azure Extension for SQL section.
   
   
10. In the Azure Extension for SQL  screen
    Uncheck Azure Extension for SQL Server 
    Click Next
    
    
11. On the Feature Selection screen check: 
    
1. Database Engine Services
   
2. Full-Text and Semantic Extractions for Search
   Click Next
   
   
   
12. On the Instance Configuration screen choose Default instance
    Click Next
    
    
13. On the Server Configuration screen just click Next
    
    
14. On the Database Engine Configuration screen
    1. select Mixed Mode
    2. Click Add Current User
    3. Click Add
    
    DO NOT click Next yet
    
    
15. When you click Add you will see the following dialog. 
    Type the word 'Administrators' in the white text box and click the Check Names button.
    
    
16. It should recognize the Administrators group and update the text box to look similar to the second image below.
    Click OK
    
    
17. Go to the FILESTREAM tab.
    Check Enable FILESTREAM for Transact-SQL access
    Check Enable FILESTREAM for file I/O streaming access
    Check Allow remote clients access to FILESTREAM data
    
    DO NOT click Next yet
    
    
    
18. Go back to the Server Configuration tab
    Enter a strong password for your SQL Server that you will remember
    Click Next
    
    
19. Click Install in the Ready to Install screen
    
    
20. Click on the start menu and type Run. Open the 'Run' application
    
    
21. Type services.msc and click OK
    
22. This will open a list of services running on your computer.  Scroll down until you find SQL Server (MSSQLServer)
    Right-Click and select Properties
    
    
    
23. Click the Log On tab and select Local System account
    Click OK
    
24. You will receive a dialog indicating that the service must be restarted for your changes to take effect.
    Click OK
    
25. Right click the SQL Server (MSSQLServer) service again
    Click Restart