Basic Installation Steps in Getting Started with ASP.NET Core & MS SQL Server

Part 1 - Installation of Visual Studio / Visual Studio Code 

1. Go to this link: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/
2. Choose "Visual Studio 2017 Community" or "Visual Studio Code" (Free to download and use)
3. Install the application.

Part 2 - Installation of .NET Core SDK

1. Go to this link: https://www.microsoft.com/net/download
2. Choose your machine's operating system (Windows, Linux or macOS).
3. Click the download button "Download .NET Core SDK"
4. Install the application.

Part 3 - Installation of MS SQL Server
1. Go to this link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/sql-server-downloads
2. Choose the "Express" download button. 
3. Install the application.

Part 4 - Installation of MS SQL Server Management Studio
1. Go to this link: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssms/download-sql-server-management-studio-ssms?view=sql-server-2017
2. Click the "Download SQL Server Management Studio 17.9" to download the application.
3. Install the application.

Part 5 - Checking
1. To check if the .net core is successsfully install, open command line and type in "dotnet --version" (without the double quote) to check the version of the .NET Core sdk installed on your machine.
2.a To check if the MS SQL Server is successfully install, search on your windows the "Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio." 
2.b Enter the "." (without double quote) for the Server name and "Windows Authentication" for the Authentication then click "Connect"