Forum Discussion
SQL Server not supported Windows 11 Home Version
If you're intent on installing SQL Server on a client OS such as Win11 Home (or pro for that matter), I'm going to assume you're outfitting a development machine.
SQL Server 2022 developer is supported on Win11 Home. As is Express and standard edition if you're running production workloads on your client.
SQL Server 2022: Hardware & software requirements - SQL Server | Microsoft Learn
Even I had same issue with the developer and evaluation edition of sql server 2022 and 2019 on my windows11 PC . I tried running as administrator as well but no luck. Please guide me.
Reason for failure: An error occurred during the setup process of the feature.
Next Step: Use the following information to resolve the error, uninstall this feature, and then run the setup process again.
Component name: SQL Server Database Engine Services Instance Features
Component error code: 0x851A001A
Error description: Wait on the Database Engine recovery handle failed. Check the SQL Server error log for potential causes.Check the SQL Server error log for potential causes.
Do what the error message says: Viewing the SQL Server Error Log - SQL Server | Microsoft Learn
Have you looked at the SQL Server errorlog as suggested?
A default SQL Server 2022 installation will have it's error log on the following path:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL16.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Log\ERRORLOG
The errorlog is a text file without an extension, and can be opened in notepad.
