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Printed 2013/05/21 02:02AM

this is what I do when I install SQL. How about you?

By chuckboycejr, 2012/10/19

Whenever I install a standalone SQL instance (installing on a failover cluster adds a few more steps) on a x64 host (who would install SQL on a x86 in 2012?), I always do the following:

I install the latest version of Red Gate SQLBackup.