Uploaded September 2012 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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By Mike@Techytube

While Visual Studio does come with a working version of Microsoft SQL Server for development use, it is sometimes necessary to implement another database solution.


MySQL is arguably the most popular alternative relational database solution, and has brought the power of database-driven software development for no cost.


While the windows installers are less complex than compiling MySQL from source on a Linux system, there are still some details to keep in mind.


In this video, I will show you how to install MySQL Server, MySQL Workbench as your administration tool, and how to run a simple query.