Can I install Named instance without any default instance?

• jitendra.padhiyar

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  March 21, 2012 at 1:27 pm

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  Can I install Named instance without any default instance?

• Lynn Pettis

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  March 21, 2012 at 1:31 pm

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  Yes, that is how I installed SQL Server on my laptop.

• jitendra.padhiyar

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  March 21, 2012 at 3:03 pm

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  Thanks a lot. I was in imression that without default instance we can not install named instance.

• Elliott Whitlow

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  March 21, 2012 at 3:46 pm

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  Yep, it is very possible and really no more difficult than a named instance..

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