SQL Server Installation Best Practices

You get only one chance to install your SQL Server correctly. Before you run setup.exe, there are some basic configuration steps that will make all the difference in performance and troubleshooting.

This video presents a SQL Server Setup Checklist covering the page file, service accounts, memory settings, and hardware stress testing. We won’t cover scripted installations or slipstreaming: this session is for folks who click through the setup GUI because they only install a few servers per year.

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