| title | SQL Server Documentation Offline Access | Microsoft Docs | |
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| ms.date | 08/22/2016 | |
| ms.prod | sql-non-specified | |
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| ms.topic | article | |
| ms.assetid | 257ed357-8cbb-43bd-b042-254be5fbb977 | |
| caps.latest.revision | 6 | |
| author | JennieHubbard | |
| ms.author | jhubbard | |
| manager | jhubbard |
View SQL Server 2016 technical documentation offline.
To view SQL Server 2016 technical documentation offline you need HelpViewer 2.2 which installs with:
- Visual Studio 2015 (any edition including Community) or
- SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) April 2016 Preview (13.0.12500.29) or later
Install either of these before proceeding to the steps below.
- Install any edition of Visual Studio 2015 or SSMS April 2016 Preview build or later.
- Launch SSMS or Visual Studio.
- From the Help menu along the top navigation bar, select Add and Remove Help Content.
- In the HelpViewer, choose the default Installation Source: Online
- Click the Add next to all documentation you want to install.
- Click the Update button at the bottom right hand side of the screen to download and install your selected documentation.
** IMPORTANT!!** Once you click Update, HelpViewer will eventually freeze/hang. It still downloaded and installed your documentation choices. To resolve this issue, end HelpViewer in the Task Manager, then restart it by following step 3 from above. The first time HelpViewer freezes/hangs, follow these steps too. You only need to do these steps once, but you will probably need to end HelpViewer in the Task Manager whenever you update your content.
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Restart the HelpViewer by agan selecting Help/Add and Remove Content. Your offline documention is now ready to use!
