Quick Tip: How to fix the Business Central on Premises 2020 Wave 1 Installation Error?

Microsoft released Dynamics Business Central on Premises 2020 Wave 1 and you can download the On Prem installation DVD here:

• https://mbs.microsoft.com/partnersource/northamerica/support/support-news/msdbcentralonprem20wave1

But when you do an installation, you might get the following error:

This happens if you don’t meet the system requirements:

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/deployment/system-requirement-business-central-v16

To confirm, you don’t need the SQL enterprise edition, SQL Express is also supported. To be more specific, this error is because I was not using the correct SQL Server Express edition. I was using version 2016, and you need at least:

• Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Express, Standard, or Enterprise.
• Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Express, Standard, or Enterprise.
• Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Express, Standard, or Enterprise (Service Pack 1 or later).
• Azure SQL Database Managed Instance, Elastic Pool, or Single Database.

So I downloaded and installed Microsoft® SQL Server® 2016 Service Pack 2 (SP2):

• https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4052908/sql-server-2016-service-pack-2-release-information

Then I repaired Business Central on Premises 2020 Wave 1 and the problem was fixed: