SQL Server 2014 Installation Screenshots

Step 1 – Launch Setup

Step 2 – Installation Center


Installation Center –
Planning page

Installation Center –
Installation page

Installation Center –
Maintenance page

Installation Center –
Tools page

Installation Center –
Resources page

Installation Center –
Advanced page

Installation Center –
Options page

Step 3 – Product Key

Step 4 – Accept License Terms

Step 5 – Global Rules {with a Failure}

Global Rules {all passed}

Step 6 – Microsoft Update, unchecked

Next – Microsoft Update, checked

Step 7 – Install Rules

Step 8 – Setup Role

Step 8b – Setup Role (IF “SQL Server PowerPivot for SharePoint was selected as the Setup Role…)
{nothing is selected by default}

…resulting Feature Selection step

Step 10 – Feature Rules – failure

Step 10 – Feature Rules – failure link

Step 10 – Feature Rules – success

Step 11 – Instance Configuration, Default Instance

Step 11 – Instance Configuration, Named Instance,
{curious, Instance name
may still be limited
to 16 characters}

Step 12a, Server Configuration page {before account assignment}.

(notice the SQL Agent Service is configured for a manual start by default)

Step 12b, Server Configuration page, browse for account

(after several custom user accounts were assigned)

Step 12c, Server Configuration page, select user or group

Step 12d, Server Configuration page, selecting account

Step 12dd, Server Configuration page, selected account

Step 12e, Server Configuration page, custom user account assigned

Step 12f, Server Configuration page, Collation TAB
Oops, no screenshot for the Collation TAB

Step 13a, Database Engine Configuration page, Server Configuration TAB {before}.

(notice solely Windows Authentication by default, no “sa” password assigned, and no SQL Server administrators assigned)

Step 13aa, Database Engine Configuration page, Server Configuration TAB {after}.

Step 13b, Database Engine Configuration page, Data Directories TAB.

Step 13c, Database Engine Configuration page, FILESTREAM TAB, before.

Step 13c, Database Engine Configuration page, FILESTREAM TAB, after

Step 14a, Analysis Services Configuration page, Server Configuration TAB, before.
(notice Multidimensional and Data Mining Mode selected by default, and no users assigned administrative permissions)

Step 14a, Analysis Services Configuration page, Server Configuration TAB, after.

Step 14b, Analysis Services Configuration step, Data Directories TAB {defaults}.

Step 15, Reporting Services Configuration page.

Step 16, Distributed Replay Controller

Step 17, Distributed Replay Client, before

Step 17, Distributed Replay Client, after

Step 18, Feature Configuration Rules – passed

Step 19, Ready to Install page.

Step 20, Installation Progress.

(takes around 20 minutes and may not show much progress at times)

Step 21, (Installation) Complete.

Named Instance Connection in SSMS

Step 22, Successful connection to each service in SSMS