🥇ON-PREM - Active Directory Network Configuration | 💡Domain Controller, Firewalls & Ports Made Easy🎯

Published at : 18 Dec 2025

1) Download VMWare Workstation 17.6.1 Version using below Google Drive Path:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KJb-iCI1DcB_gGB7pRQaFpDnbLLsuXJ7?usp=sharing -- 400MB

2) Download Windows Server OS 2019 using below Google Drive Path:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/download-windows-server-2022 --4GB

3) Download Windows Server OS 2019 using below Google Drive Path:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1--Mwg0YyKJRp861D00cIuzxNkJL0Q4li?usp=sharing --4GB

4) Register at below URL using your Outlook Mail ID to download SQL Server 2016\2017\2019\2022 Developer Editions:
https://my.visualstudio.com/
Goto Downloads section using below URL:
https://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads/Featured?mkt=en-us

Search for "SQL Server " under downloads section and then click on DOWNLOAD button.
This software files size would be 1.8 GB approximately

5) Download Latest SSMS 20.2.1 using below link:
https://sqlserverbuilds.blogspot.com/2018/01/sql-server-management-studio-ssms.html

6) Download Latest CentOS Stream - 10 using below link:
https://www.centos.org/download/ --7.5GB

7) Download Latest Redhat - 10 using below link:
https://developers.redhat.com/products/rhel

8)How to install once downloaded (bypasses your error completely)
https://packages.vmware.com/tools/releases/latest/windows/
VMware-tools-windows-13.0.5-24915695.iso

https://packages.vmware.com/tools/ --Link to download VMware tools manually

🔔 Subscribe for More SQL Server Tutorials

If you found this helpful, don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more SQL Server guides, troubleshooting tips, database tutorials, and performance tuning videos.