The 12 step process to download Microsoft SQL Server Express 2014

88 点作者 martinml将近 11 年前

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Ok, now that you downloaded it, try successfully installing it.The entire installation experience is a disaster both from the outside[0], and from the inside. If I remember correctly, guys from SQL Server Setup team had to use like 16 Product Keys to work around various, err, quirks, to put it mildly, of the underlying MSI "technology"[0]: <a href="http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/basits-sql-server-tips/2012/06/23/sql-server-2012-installation-guide/" rel="nofollow">http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/basits-sql-server-tips...</a>

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BrentOzar将近 11 年前

Just use Google or Bing to search for download SQL Server 2014 Express. The instant download page is the second result, no registration required.The author's complaining about the marketing pages. Marketing pages are run by marketers, and marketers are trying to get your information. The real download pages (the ones in Google & Bing search results) are run by the technical teams who want to put the product in your hands.

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jan_g将近 11 年前

Just recently experienced similar process for trying to download and install Microsoft Office for one of my relatives. First hit on Google was Microsoft Office web page which promised 30-day free trial, after that $10 monthly fee. I said "cool, let's try that".The process was basically the same as OP explains for SQL Server, with the additional step to input credit card/paypal information. At that step, I simply canceled and after some more googling found another microsoft.com site that had MS Office download of 60-day trial without all the registration and payment information. However, Akamai installer was still needed (have no clue why Microsoft forces this, as it's instant spam/virus alert in many users' minds).

martinml将近 11 年前

I guess some things never change!<a href="http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/2008/06/24/full-text-an-epic-bill-gates-e-mail-rant/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/2008/06/24/full-text-an-...</a>

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koyote将近 11 年前

Not surprised in the slightest.Finding anything on a Microsoft website is the biggest user experience pain I have ever encountered.The fact that Google does not seem to index any of the Microsoft sites properly (which is probably Microsoft's fault in the first place) does not help at all. I will often search for a piece of software or an SDK on Google only to have the first hit be a still active page to an ancient version of the software in question; the newest version being buried somewhere on page two. (try and search for something like '.net download'. The first hit is 4.5, the second is 4.0, the newest is 4.5.2, the closest hit for that being number 6 and found on filehippo instead of an official Microsoft page)That and the fact that Microsoft decides to arbitrarily and routinely change the name of everything they produce or deprecate software/SDKs/documentation without informing the user at all and naturally failing to point to the 'new and recommended' alternative are my biggest gripes.

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junto将近 11 年前

At 1.1 GB SQL Express Advanced Version is the download you want. Because you can't easily add full text search etc after you've installed the basic version. I learnt that. That hard way.<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42299" rel="nofollow">http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=4229...</a>

DanielBMarkham将近 11 年前

When BizSparks first came out, Microsoft was pumping it as a great way for startups to get free software to use.I went over to the site and found what seemed like an endless stream of forms and questionnaires. It was completely kafkaesque. I gave up.A year or two later they fixed it up, but Microsoft seems to default to creating complex, byzantine, and head-scratching layers of gunk between the people they're trying to help and the help they're providing. From what I can see it's not just SQL Server downloads. It's a corporate culture thing.

danielweber将近 11 年前

In the comments is a link to the direct download page: <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42299" rel="nofollow">http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=4229...</a>I'm not sure what which (any? all?) of those options I want, but it seems much closer to a decent user experience.

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mathnode将近 11 年前

It's the same for Sybase ASE/SQL Anywhere, DB2, Informix, etc. Several hoops to jump through, various registration details (I hit Forgot Password, everytime); big companies with several products and one massive site made of smaller sites to serve the needs of many people and products.Never fear windows guys and gals, your favourite open source databases that are massively scalable are readily available, and nobody from sales will give you a call to discuss options:* <a href="https://downloads.mariadb.org" rel="nofollow">https://downloads.mariadb.org</a>* <a href="http://www.enterprisedb.com/downloads/postgres-postgresql-downloads" rel="nofollow">http://www.enterprisedb.com/downloads/postgres-postgresql-do...</a>(if I put my tongue any further into my cheek I am going to make a hole!)

sergiotapia将近 11 年前

I shudder from my college years when I had to install MSSQL server on my machine or VM's. It was a real test of patience, especially when I had the most absolute basic use-case. I just wanted to install it and have it listen to whatever defaults it used at the time.I remember breathing a sigh of relief every time an installation completed, because it meant my 4 hour drudgery was over with.It's a shame to see they haven't streamlined this process. MS should release a simple installer for students or hell, even people who want the defaults. For example, I love Postgres.app - granted not an official release - but for dev work it's phenomenal. I just double click the .app and it runs on default settings.

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Kesty将近 11 年前

It's stupid, I know, but there are less step to do it even from microsoft.comThe trick is not to go to the SQL server page but goinf directly on the download Center. From microsoft.com you to Download->Download Center and then search for sql server 2014 express.There you will find the one click download if you can guess what version you actually want.Yeah, that does not improve the process that much.

rbanffy将近 11 年前

<pre><code> nuget install sqlserver-express </code></pre> Would that work?

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yingliu4203将近 11 年前

High time to switch to Postgresql, for its maturity, free price,simple and the newly-added JSON feature.

sebgeelen将近 11 年前

My good friends Usability and User-Friendliness just fall dead ...