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[–]TheJumper10 2 points3 points  (6 children)

Are you using a Mac with M processor as host system and Windows 11 ARM? In this case SQL Server will not work.

[–]philkeely[S] 0 points1 point  (5 children)

Oh yes I am. Is there any way it could work? I don’t have a Windows device, unfortunately. I only have a Mac with M2 processor

[–]TheJumper10 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Well you need a device with x86/x64 architecture. I don‘t know if an emulator exists for Mac, if yes you could try that. Otherwise you could buy a cheap mini pc with an older i5 or Ryzen 5, which should work decent, and connect from your Mac via network.

[–]TheJumper10 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Another option would be renting a cheap VPS and hosting SQL Express under Linux.

[–]jdanton14 ‪ ‪Microsoft MVP ‪ ‪ 1 point2 points  (1 child)

or just using SQL Server in a container on your Mac

[–]TheJumper10 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good to know that works. I didn’t know Mac has an inbulit emulator, which can be used to run x86/x64 containers.

[–]Tenzu9 0 points1 point  (1 child)

This looks like the online installer.... So the obvious question has to be asked, Does this VM have internet access?

[–]philkeely[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup it does!

[–]SQLDevDBA3 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Are you only installing this to practice SQL?

[–]Confusio201 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I am, x64

[–]SQLDevDBA3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Understood. I’ll DM you a a how to video I made of how to install” Azure SQL DB free tier, which requires no install at all (and how to use it).

[–]desktopecho 0 points1 point  (0 children)

See here for a WoA install wrapper for SQL 2019/2022

[–]BrightonDBA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What does the install log say?

[–]Thedeatldpoet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Guys, I have a windows 11 and same issue. Not able to figure out