ASP.
NET Installation Guide
Step 1: Download Visual Studio
1. Go to the official website: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/
2. Download the community edition.
Step 2: Install Visual Studio
1. Run the installer that you downloaded.
2. Select “ASP.NET and web development” (Make sure to select .NET Framework project and
item templates) and “.NET desktop development” and install. Installation might take a while.
3. Update Visual Studio Build Tools if necessary.
Step 3: Run a Test Project
1. Open Visual Studio. Sign into your Microsoft account if you want to.
2. Click ‘Create a new project”. Search for “ASP.NET Web Application”.
[N.B. If you can’t find the template then scroll down and click “Not finding what you are looking
for” which will redirect you to “Visual Studio Installer”. Here select “ASP.NET and web
development” again and under the optional you will find “.NET Framework project and item
templates” (Step 2.2). Make sure to install this.]
3. Give project a name and select the directory. And click “Create”.
4. Select an Empty template for now.
5. This Visual Studio window will pop up.
6. Right click on project name (e.g. Lab1WebApplication). Select “Add” > “New item”. Then
search for “Web Form” and rename it. (e.g. IndexWebForm.aspx). Click on “Add”.
7. Modify the code and run.
Step 4: Download Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
1. Go to the official Microsoft SSMS website:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssms/download-sql-server-management-studio-ssms?view=s
ql-server-ver16
2. Download SSMS 19.3 or the latest general availability version.
3. Go to Microsoft SQL Server official website:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/sql-server-downloads
4. Download the SQL Server 2022 Express edition.
Step 5: Install SSMS
Open the SSMS downloaded file and follow the installation process.
Older Version:
Recent Version:
Step 6: SQL Server
a. Open the SQL Server downloaded file. Select the Custom installation.
b. Select New SQL Server standalone installation or add features to an existing
installation. And follow the following process.
Search for SQL Server Management Studio and open the installed app.
Step 7: Connect To MSSQL Server
Older versions:
Select <Browse for more…>
From the Database Engine, select your database and press ok.
Now you will be seeing your Server name. Press “Connect”.
And you will be connected to your MSSQL server.
Recent Version:
Search for SQL Server Management Studio and open the installed app.
Now, we need to enter server name. Here we will follow the naming pattern
“Machine-Name\SQLEXPRESS”, tick the box for “Trust Server Certificate” and press
“Connect”.
And you will be connected to your MSSQL server.
To know your system/machine name you can search System Information and look for the system name.
We will be using Microsoft SSMS for future backend related database implementations in the upcoming
laboratories.
