How to do silent installation of SQL Server Express
Hi guys , This post is about the silent installation of SQL Server Express Addition.. I was searching for " SQL Installation using Command Prompt " and i got something very interesting on Technet Forums to do it.. More Info: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/835c123e-7c3e-4eef-bc47-e2ee700187c1/sql-server-express-silent-installation How you can do it To install SQL Express in quiet mode open Command Prompt with Administrative privileges type the following Command line Setup.exe /q /Action=Install /Hideconsole /Features=SQL,Tools /InstanceName=SQLExpress /SQLSYSADMINACCOUNTS="Builtin\Administrators" /SQLSVCACCOUNT="<DomainName\UserName>" /SQLSVCPASSWORD="<StrongPassword> In the preceding example: /q– specifies that Setup run in a quiet mode without any user interface. /Action– specifies which action to perform. In this example, the action is Install. /Hideconsole– specifies that the con...