---
title: "How to Install SSMS SQL Server: Quick Guide"
slug: "install-ssms-sql-server-quick-guide"
published_at: "2022-10-01T06:37:52.000Z"
categories: "SQL Installation manual, SQL tutorials for beginners"
tags: "Beginners Guide, Installation, Management, Server, SQL, SSMS, Studio"
---

# How to Install SSMS SQL Server: Quick Guide

> Let’s learn how to install SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) from zero. SSMS and create our SQL Server test enviroment.

![](/blog/install-ssms-sql-server-quick-guide/ssmsfi-1024x536.png)

### Introduction

If you came from [Install SQL Server: Quick Guide (With Images!)](/sql-server-installation) you are installing your SQL Server right now, when the installation finish, **DON’T CLOSE IT**. Just click over ‘Install SSMS’ (The third option)

![](/blog/install-ssms-sql-server-quick-guide/image-1024x796.png)

In case you don’t use my tutorial to install your SQL Server :(… Let’s start going through [THIS link](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssms/download-sql-server-management-studio-ssms?redirectedfrom=MSDN&view=sql-server-ver16).

### Downloading

-   Once you are on the website let’s go to “Free Download for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)” (Maybe you have to scroll a bit)

![](/blog/install-ssms-sql-server-quick-guide/image-1.png)

### Installation

-   Well, this is quite simple, let’s open the file and click on “Install”

![](/blog/install-ssms-sql-server-quick-guide/image-2.png)

-   If all go smoothly, you will be on this page.

![](/blog/install-ssms-sql-server-quick-guide/image-3.png)

The installation of SSMS is very straight forward, now open it and let’s create our FIRST DATABASE!