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I've installed SQL Server 2014 from dreamspark website... The weird part about it is when I try to connect to the server, it gives me a network related error (could be possibly due to the fact that the SQL Server service is not running). The weird part is that I went to the SQL Server Configuration manager and found no services there at all. Here is what I mean: enter image description here

How am I supposed to start the SQL server service if its not there... This is very confusing to me... Am I supposed to install anything else besides this? In past I just installed SQL Server, start the service and that was it... I also have installed Visual studio 2015 (if that matters)

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    What exactly did you install?? Quite obviously, you haven't actually installed any SQL Server database engine, or else it would show up in the "SQL Server Services" list ..... Commented Apr 28, 2016 at 13:33
  • SQL Server management studio 2014 from dreamspark Commented Apr 28, 2016 at 13:35
  • Management Studio is ONLY the management Gui - it is NOT an actual database server engine! You need to download either SQL Server 2014 Express with Tools, or a non-Express version of SQL Server 2014, to get the engine of the database to which you can then connect.... Commented Apr 28, 2016 at 13:37
  • Is SQL Server express 2014 with tools enough for development ? Commented Apr 28, 2016 at 13:41
  • SQL Server Express can do quite a lot. Its main limitation is the size of database. However it can't do everything that SQL Server Enterprise can do. If you need specific features of Enterprise edition, then you should use the Developer edition. Commented Apr 28, 2016 at 13:48
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