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I am having an issue installing Windows SQL Express Server 2016, when I try to run setup.exe, it tells me that:

"The version of this file is not compatible with the version of Windows that you are running. Check your computer's system to see whether you need x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) version of this program, then contact the software publisher"

I am running Windows 7, 32-bit, but I was never prompted to select this either from Microsoft's website or from the installer that I downloaded, so I assumed it automatically figured it out. Where can I get the 32-bit version?

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    Installation of SQL Server 2016 is supported on x64 processors only. It is no longer supported on x86 processors. In addition Windows 7 is not supported. Commented Jan 23, 2017 at 9:55
  • Do you know of any substitutes? I needed it for a course on T-SQL. Commented Jan 23, 2017 at 10:01

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The last SQL Server that still support Windows 7 is SQL Server 2012. The next version, SQL Server 2014, already requires Windows 8. So you'll have to use SQL Server Express 2012.

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Are the differences between SQL Express Server 2012 and 2016 significant in terms of the use of T-SQL? I am thinking I will just download the 2012 server and see if I can complete the assignments, but if the differences are significant, another option is to complete the assignments through Azure.
SQL Server Express 2016 SP1 is significantly different, because of this announcement: blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/sqlreleaseservices/… . With 2016 SP1 you get most of the enterprise features, like columnstores and partitioning, in every edition including Express. With 2012 you'll get only the 'classic' T-SQL features (tables, indexes, stored procedures etc).

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