The Art of SQL Server FILESTREAM - Red Gate Software

Chapter 2: Getting Started with FILESTREAMUsing SSMS to create a new FILESTREAM-enabled databaseWhen creating a FILESTREAM-enabled database using SSMS, you create the databasein the usual way, but then there are two additional steps: creating a FILESTREAMfilegroup for the new database, and adding a FILESTREAM data file that points to theFILESTREAM filegroup.You create the filegroup using the Filegroups page of the New Database dialog box. Youwill see a Filestream section in the lower half of the page, where you can create one ormore FILESTREAM filegroups for the new database being created, as shown in Figure 2-1.Figure 2-1:Adding FILESTREAM filegroups to a database.54