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Install a new instance

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Install a new instance

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So let's look at how you can add additional instances of SQL Server. Now we had a lesson you can reference that was about how to get the SQL Server Configuration Center and just, sort of, the install hub. So if you're installing your first instance, you will have to go do that. You'll have to download the files for Microsoft, fire up that Installation Center, and install your first instance. However, if you already have instances, you can get right to that Configuration Center provided you still have the source code on your machine to add other ones. So what we're going to look at will apply whether this is your first instance or your 50th instance. But we're going to look at it from the standpoint of a machine that already has an instance. So I'm going to get to the Installation Center, not from source files, but from my already installed tools. So to do that, I'm just going to look at my SQL Server 2022 program folder. And underneath there, there is the SQL Server Installation…

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