- Microsoft SQL Server Developer Edition
- Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
- Microsoft Power BI
For Windows, download the latest version of MSSQL Server Developer edition. This is free software and requires no registration.
Execute the SQL2019-SSEI-Dev.exe, choose Download Media at a specified location
Use ISO packaging, mount and install
After checking your computer, make full installation, select all options and proceed using default settings
Add current user in all cases
For authentication, choose mixed mode authentication (it may be shown as SQL Server and Windows Authentication mode). If you are asked for a user name, use sa, and for the password use passw0rd (we will only use publicly available sample data for the project so we are ok with basic security)
For Windows, download the latest version of MSSQL Server Management Studio. This is free software and requires no registration.
Once it is installed, run it and it will connect to the SQL Server that you installed in the previous step
For authentication, choose SQL server authentication, and enter the user name and password which you created in the previous step for the SQL Server
Download Power BI Desktop and install the PBIDesktopSetup_x64.exe or download it from the Windows Store