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Action – specifies which action to perform. q – specifies that Setup run in a quiet mode without any user setup.exe /q /Action=Install /IAcceptSQLServerLicenseTerms=True /Features=SQL /InstanceName=SQLExpressTest01 /SQLSYSADMINACCOUNTS="Builtin\Administrators" /SQLSVCACCOUNT="NT AUTHORITY\Network Service" /INSTANCEDIR="c:\dev\dump\SQLExpressInstanceDir" /INSTALLSHAREDDIR="c:\dev\dump\SQLExpressInstanceDir"Īn overview of command options to setup.exe is given by the Microsoft official documentation: The following is an example of how to install SQL Server Expression 2014 on a dump dummy test location. Once you download the Microsoft installer, e.g:Īnd you extract it, as explained in accepted answer, you can go further and install the product silently. Other earlier versions of SQL Expression edition do so to.

2014) allows itself to be installed silently.
