How do I download SQL Server 2019 developer edition?

Question

I've been looking around the web on how to download SQL serer 2019 Developer edition. Currently, on the Microsoft site they only have the 2022 version, so I was wondering how one can download older versions. I stupidly did not get download the offline installer last time

Answer 1

You can download it here:

https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=866662

See also

https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/7201/sql-server-developer-edition-download-install-get-started/

Answer 2

Here is a link to an issue raised in github for winget regarding the installer for SQL Server 2019 Developer Edition with the url for the installer, looks like this is as close to an official landing page as we'll get:

https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/issues/85884