1. Enter the installation center: You can refer to the hardware and software requirements, you can see some documentation
2. Select the new installation mode to continue the installation
3. Enter the Product Key: Use the demo key here
4. In the agreement, click Agree, and click the Next button to continue the installation
5. Enter the global rule check, which may take a few seconds, depending on the situation
6. Configure Update entries, recommended check for updates
7. Select the specific content of the installation update
8. Installation program Files
9. Installation rules Check
10. Installation Feature Selection
11. Instance configuration, use default (if previously installed, here need special attention)
12.PolyBase Configuration Selection-Default
13. Server Configuration--default
14. Engine configuration--it is recommended to use mixed mode and remember the password
15.Analysis Service configuration--Recommended Use default
16.Reporting Services Configuration--Recommended Use default
17.Distributed Replay Controller Configuration---Recommended Use default (add current user)
18.Distributed Replay Client Configuration--Recommended Use default
19. Agreement authorization, acceptance of agreement
20. The final installation Confirmation page will display all the installation configuration information
21. Wait for installation progress-This step takes a long time and takes about 15 minutes in the virtual machine
22. Keep waiting-more time-consuming
23. The service is installed properly
SQL Server 2016 installation steps