This is a quick guide on how to add and remove features from SQL Server via command, following the theme of recent posts.

The following areas will be covered within this post;
# Check Features Installed on a SQL Server.
# Installing a SQL Server Feature (Replication) via Command.
# Uninstalling a SQL Server Feature (Replication) via Command.

Check Features Installed on a SQL Server

A mounted SQL Server ISO is required for us to first RunDiscovery.

That’ll only take a second, and once done we can view the contents of the Summary.txt file to see the discovery result.

Installing a SQL Server Feature (Replication) via Command

The command below should be straight-forward enough to understand. See Microsoft’s documentation for more information on parameters etc.

We can verify the feature installation by running another Discovery.

Uninstalling a SQL Server Feature (Replication) via Command

Uninstalling a feature is as easy as the installation of one. Run the command as shown below.

And finally run another Discovery.