Each service in SQL Server represents a process or a set of processes to manage authentication of SQL Server operations with Windows. This topic describes the default configuration of services in this release of SQL Server, and configuration options for SQL Server services that you can set during and after SQL Server installation. Most services and their properties can be configured by using SQL Server Configuration Manager. SQL Server Version and its last versions when Windows is installed on the C drive. Version Path SQL Server 2019 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SQLServerManager15.msc SQL Server 2017 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SQLServerManager14.msc SQL Server 2016 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SQLServerManager13.msc SQL Server 2014 (12.x) C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SQLServerManager12.msc SQL Server 2012 (11.x) C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SQLServerManager11.msc SQL Server 200...
SQL Server SQL Server is a relational database management system (RDBMS) developed by Microsoft. SQL Server supports a wide variety of transaction processing, business intelligence and analytics applications in corporate IT environments. SQL Server supports ANSI SQL, which is the standard SQL (Structured Query Language) language. However, SQL Server comes with its own implementation of the SQL language, T-SQL. Why SQL Server? Microsoft SQL Server is a comprehensive database server and information platform offering a complete set of enterprise-ready technologies and tools that help people derive the most value from information at the lowest total-cost-of-ownership. Enjoy high levels of performance, availability, and security; employ more productive management and development tools; and deliver pervasive insight with self-service business intelligence (BI). A complete and integrated platform, Microsoft SQL Server brings it all together to get more value out of existing IT skills and asse...