MySQL Installer for Windows MySQL Installer This package has a file name similar to  mysql-installer-community-8.0.25.0.msi  or  mysql- installer-commercial-8.0.25.0.msi , and utilizes MSIs to install MySQL server and other products automatically. MySQL Installer downloads and applies updates to itself, and to each of the installed products. It also configures the installed MySQL server (including a sandbox InnoDB cluster test setup) and MySQL Router. MySQL Installer is recommended for most users. MySQL Installer can install and manage (add, modify, upgrade, and remove) many other MySQL products, including: MySQL Installer operates on all MySQL supported versions of Windows (see https://www.mysql.com/ support/supportedplatforms/database.html). Because MySQL Installer is not a native component of Microsoft Windows and depends on .NET, it does not work with minimal installation options like the Server Core version of Windows Server. For instructions on how to install MySQL using MySQL Installer, see Section 2.3.3, “MySQL Installer for Windows” . These packages contain the files found in the complete MySQL Server installation package, with the exception of the GUI. This format does not include an automated installer, and must be manually installed and configured. The  noinstall  ZIP archives are split into two separate compressed files. The main package is named mysql- VERSION -winx64.zip . This contains the components needed to use MySQL on your system. The optional MySQL test suite, MySQL benchmark suite, and debugging binaries/information components (including PDB files) are in a separate compressed file named  mysql- VERSION -winx64-debug- test.zip . If you choose to install a  noinstall  ZIP archive, see Section 2.3.4, “Installing MySQL on Microsoft Windows Using a  noinstall  ZIP Archive” . The MySQL Docker images provided by Oracle are built specifically for Linux platforms. Other platforms are not supported, and users running the MySQL Docker images from Oracle on them are doing so at their own risk. For information on using the MySQL Docker images provided by Oracle on Windows platform, see Section 2.5.6.3, “Deploying MySQL on Windows and Other Non-Linux Platforms with Docker” . 118 2.3.3 MySQL Installer for Windows Warning MySQL Docker Images MySQL noinstall ZIP Archives Note •Applications – MySQL Workbench, MySQL for Visual Studio, MySQL Shell, and MySQL Router (see https://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-compat-matrix/en/) •Connectors – MySQL Connector/C++, MySQL Connector/NET, Connector/ODBC, MySQL Connector/ Python, MySQL Connector/J, MySQL Connector/Node.js •Documentation – MySQL Manual (PDF format), samples and examples