The first result: sql-2019-full-iso-free-fast.exe (29 MB. Obviously a virus.)
Alex squinted. “fwlink” – Microsoft’s internal redirect shortener. They copied the link, pasted it into curl -I , and got a 302 redirect to an Azure edge CDN… with a signature token expiring in 60 seconds. sql 2019 iso download
Alex laughed, installed the database, and at 3:17 AM, closed the laptop. The compliance tool ran fine. The first result: sql-2019-full-iso-free-fast