Congrats! works great!

[g3nsvrv]

I just came to say that I tried on my installation of Windows Server 2025 Standard ARM on VMware Fusion for macOS (M3 Pro) and works amazingly well at first try.

I'm now installing SQL Server Management Studio which is not included but can be downloaded from here:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ssms/install/install

Again, thanks a lot for this build!

Reference:

• OS: Windows Server 2025 Standard Eval Build 2311.ge_prerelease.241019-1832
• Hypervisor: VMware Fusion 13.6.4 (24832108)
• Host: macOS Sequoia 15.5, Apple M3 Pro

[g3nsvrv]

I been reading a lot of issues about the installation, maybe they need to install a proper version of windows, just saying. mine is windows server 2025 arm64 and works just fine

[g3nsvrv]

well... i found out that SSMS does not have a compatible build for arm64 yet, I have installed it and crashed after I open the app.

For Reference:

Faulting application name: SSMS.exe, version: 21.4.36301.6, time stamp: 0x7ce28426
Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 10.0.26311.5000, time stamp: 0xc508eada
Exception code: 0xc000001d
Fault offset: 0x00000000000225e8
Faulting process id: 0x1F20
Faulting application start time: 0x1DC063EFA39DB1B
Faulting application path: C: Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 21 Release\Common7\IDE\SSMS.exe
Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
Report Id: feacfbab-3961-4d9b-b7ea-70951e335269
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:

[g3nsvrv]

I gonna try this, wish me luck:
https://sinclairinat0r.com/2025/05/29/how-to-run-SSMS-21-on-Windows-11-Arm64

[g3nsvrv]

I gonna try this, wish me luck: https://sinclairinat0r.com/2025/05/29/how-to-run-SSMS-21-on-Windows-11-Arm64

ok, this works just fine, but I cannot connect to any instance. I noticed that the service is running as a SQLEXPRESS service account, but there are no network pipelines, which is weird.

My guess is these components were not installed.

[g3nsvrv]

OK, after a long long long troubleshoot, I figure out the issue.

For some reason, the Sql Server Configuration Manager does not show anything under:

• SQL Server Network Configuration (32bit)
• SQL Native Client 11.0 Configuration (32bit)
  • Client Protocols
  • Aliases

But this does not mean that there wasn't a configuration or the dlls installed to make it work.

LSS: I had to add every missing registry key to make it work.

Which ones? These:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL16.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQLServer\SuperSocketNetLib]
"ForceEncryption"=dword:00000000
"ForceStrict"=dword:00000000
"HideInstance"=dword:00000000
"Certificate"=""
"ExtendedProtection"=dword:00000000
"AcceptedSPNs"=hex(7):00,00
"DisplayName"="SQL Server Network Configuration"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL16.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQLServer\SuperSocketNetLib\AdminConnection]
"DisplayName"="Dedicated Administrative Connection"
"Enabled"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL16.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQLServer\SuperSocketNetLib\AdminConnection\Tcp]
"TcpDynamicPorts"="0"
"DisplayName"="TCP/IP"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL16.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQLServer\SuperSocketNetLib\Np]
"Enabled"=dword:00000001
"PipeName"="\\\\.\\pipe\\sql\\query"
"DisplayName"="Named Pipes"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL16.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQLServer\SuperSocketNetLib\Sm]
"Enabled"=dword:00000001
"DisplayName"="Shared Memory"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL16.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQLServer\SuperSocketNetLib\Tcp]
"Enabled"=dword:00000001
"ListenOnAllIPs"=dword:00000001
"KeepAlive"=dword:00007530
"DisplayName"="TCP/IP"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL16.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQLServer\SuperSocketNetLib\Tcp\IP1]
"Enabled"=dword:00000001
"Active"=dword:00000001
"TcpPort"="1433"
"TcpDynamicPorts"="0"
"DisplayName"="Specific IP Address"
"IpAddress"="YOUR_IP_ADDRESS"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL16.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQLServer\SuperSocketNetLib\Tcp\IP2]
"Enabled"=dword:00000001
"Active"=dword:00000001
"TcpPort"=""
"TcpDynamicPorts"="0"
"DisplayName"="Specific IP Address"
"IpAddress"="::1"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL16.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQLServer\SuperSocketNetLib\Tcp\IP3]
"Enabled"=dword:00000001
"Active"=dword:00000001
"TcpPort"="1433"
"TcpDynamicPorts"="0"
"DisplayName"="Specific IP Address"
"IpAddress"="127.0.0.1"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL16.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQLServer\SuperSocketNetLib\Tcp\IPAll]
"TcpPort"="1433"
"TcpDynamicPorts"="0"
"DisplayName"="Any IP Address"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL16.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQLServer\SuperSocketNetLib\Via]
"Enabled"=dword:00000001
"DefaultServerPort"="0:1433"
"ListenInfo"="0:1433"
"DisplayName"="VIA"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\SQLEXPRESS\MSSQLServer\SuperSocketNetLib]
"ForceEncryption"=dword:00000000
"ForceStrict"=dword:00000000
"HideInstance"=dword:00000000
"Certificate"=""
"ExtendedProtection"=dword:00000000
"AcceptedSPNs"=hex(7):00,00
"DisplayName"="SQL Server Network Configuration"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\SQLEXPRESS\MSSQLServer\SuperSocketNetLib\AdminConnection]
"DisplayName"="Dedicated Administrative Connection"
"Enabled"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\SQLEXPRESS\MSSQLServer\SuperSocketNetLib\AdminConnection\Tcp]
"TcpDynamicPorts"="0"
"DisplayName"="TCP/IP"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\SQLEXPRESS\MSSQLServer\SuperSocketNetLib\Np]
"Enabled"=dword:00000001
"PipeName"="\\\\.\\pipe\\sql\\query"
"DisplayName"="Named Pipes"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\SQLEXPRESS\MSSQLServer\SuperSocketNetLib\Sm]
"Enabled"=dword:00000001
"DisplayName"="Shared Memory"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\SQLEXPRESS\MSSQLServer\SuperSocketNetLib\Tcp]
"Enabled"=dword:00000001
"ListenOnAllIPs"=dword:00000001
"KeepAlive"=dword:00007530
"DisplayName"="TCP/IP"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\SQLEXPRESS\MSSQLServer\SuperSocketNetLib\Tcp\IP1]
"Enabled"=dword:00000001
"Active"=dword:00000001
"TcpPort"="1433"
"TcpDynamicPorts"="0"
"DisplayName"="Specific IP Address"
"IpAddress"="YOUR_IP_ADDRESS"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\SQLEXPRESS\MSSQLServer\SuperSocketNetLib\Tcp\IP2]
"Enabled"=dword:00000001
"Active"=dword:00000001
"TcpPort"=""
"TcpDynamicPorts"="0"
"DisplayName"="Specific IP Address"
"IpAddress"="::1"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\SQLEXPRESS\MSSQLServer\SuperSocketNetLib\Tcp\IP3]
"Enabled"=dword:00000001
"Active"=dword:00000001
"TcpPort"="1433"
"TcpDynamicPorts"="0"
"DisplayName"="Specific IP Address"
"IpAddress"="127.0.0.1"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\SQLEXPRESS\MSSQLServer\SuperSocketNetLib\Tcp\IPAll]
"TcpPort"="1433"
"TcpDynamicPorts"="0"
"DisplayName"="Any IP Address"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\SQLEXPRESS\MSSQLServer\SuperSocketNetLib\Via]
"Enabled"=dword:00000001
"DefaultServerPort"="0:1433"
"ListenInfo"="0:1433"
"DisplayName"="VIA"

After a quick restart, everything works as expected, and now I can connect remotely to this server.

Cheers to me 🍻

Don't forget to change YOUR_IP_ADDRESS with your server IP address.