SQLSetupTool changelog

Migrated the GUI to compiled C# (.NET 4.8 WinForms)

The GUI, Admin editor, and Domain-Admin editor now ship as a single compiled SQLSetupTool.exe, download the ZIP from GitHub and run, no PowerShell GUI scripts, no build step. Config, validation, disk-layout and PowerShell-hosting logic moved to C# (SQLSetupTool.Core, SQLSetupTool.PsHost); the actual install steps (Installation, PreInstall, PostInstall, CopySource, DiskLayout, Drivers) stay PowerShell modules, loaded by the exe at runtime. Source moved to a separate private repository.

Removed: headless CLI (Start-SqlSetup.ps1) and New-SqlSourceStructure(-FiTS).ps1

Both depended on PowerShell modules that were ported to C# and no longer exist standalone; rather than ship them broken they were retired. This also removes SQLSetupTool's only in-tool path to AlwaysOn Availability Group creation, see the CLI page for the workaround via sqmSQLTool directly.

Added delayed autostart for SQL services when running on a VM

Added per-domain option to enable/disable maintenance & backup job install

Fix: install pipeline crashes; added domain-profile/TempDB overrides

Fix: versions comma-split bug

Added a PS2EXE feasibility test for a locked-down deployment target.

Checkpoint/resume for install and PostInstall phases

An aborted run now continues instead of repeating already-completed steps, for both the CLI and GUI, with a -Force override. PostInstall step 5 now actually sets msdb (and model) to FULL recovery. GUI: applied the Visual Studio "Dark" theme to all SQLSetupTool forms. Docs: consolidated technical manual covering both GUI and CLI.

Headless CLI setup + animated progress report

Fix: GUI shows startup errors instead of silently closing

Fix: StrictMode "property Count cannot be found" error in some domains

Added Qualys monitoring access as an optional PostInstall step

Added driver version comparison and HPU check (PreInstall Check 4)

SSRS: wildcard installer, edition/product key, configuration via sqmSQLTool

Configuration GUI (ConfigForm / DomainConfigForm)

ConfigForm for settings.ini configuration, later extended with a PropertyGrid for tabs 1 and 3 plus Power BI settings. Domain-profile support with role separation (Anwender/Admin/Domain-Admin), with a README section documenting the configuration process for all three roles. Renamed ZielBasePath to SQLSourcesPath, wired in as a source-share override in the setup flow. Several follow-up fixes: PS 5.1 CodeDom C# 4.0-compatible syntax, arrow-character and array-index bugs in DomainConfigForm, missing [void] casts on dynamically added controls, starter-script and hint-label positioning, and dialog sizing so buttons are no longer cut off.

Install phases 2–7

Drivers, ports, and PreInstall/PostInstall sections in config; Drivers.psm1 and PreInstall.psm1; driver checkboxes, TCP port display, and PreInstall/PostInstall TCP port handling. Path validation on GUI startup. Extended New-SqlSourceStructure with a centralized source structure, README placeholders, and a variant for locked-down environments.

Added New-SqlSourceStructure.ps1

Creates the SQLSources folder tree from settings.ini.

Added company SQL script execution in PostInstall

Runs *.sql files from a Scripts folder.

Added Step 18, setup completion report

Via Invoke-sqmSetupReport.

Added Start-SQLSetupTool.cmd

A unified starter script, plus a 15-slide Reveal.js presentation.

Initial release

SQL Server automated setup tool, MIT-licensed.