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Download and install MSSQL EXPRESS from Microsoft (free)
https://docswww.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/database-engine/configure-windows/configure-a-server-to-listen-on-a-specific-tcp-port?view=sql-server-2017download/details.aspx?id=55994
Configure
Authentication mode: mixed
Set a strong password for user ‘sa’
Keep the password for user ‘sa’ for later.
During the installation the connection string is shown. It contains the name of the server instance, usually
localhost\SQLEXPRESS. Keep the instance name for later.
Make sure TCP is enabled (“SQL Server Configuration Manager”)
Make sure that the following services are running and startup type is set to Automatic:
SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS)
SQL Server Browser
Make sure that the “sqlcmd” (try run in Poweshell) command line tool is installed. If not it can be downloaded from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/tools/sqlcmd-utility
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