diff --git a/images/win/Windows2019-Azure.json b/images/win/Windows2019-Azure.json
index 8f82a6eb2..732d417dd 100644
--- a/images/win/Windows2019-Azure.json
+++ b/images/win/Windows2019-Azure.json
@@ -436,6 +436,12 @@
                 "{{ template_dir }}/scripts/Installers/Install-MysqlCli.ps1"
             ]
         },
+        {
+            "type": "powershell",
+            "scripts":[
+                "{{ template_dir }}/scripts/Installers/Windows2019/Install-SQLExpress.ps1"
+            ]
+        },
         {
             "type": "powershell",
             "scripts":[
@@ -574,6 +580,12 @@
             "type": "windows-restart",
             "restart_timeout": "10m"
         },
+        {
+            "type": "powershell",
+            "scripts":[
+                "{{ template_dir }}/scripts/Installers/Validate-SQLExpress.ps1"
+            ]
+        },
         {
             "type": "powershell",
             "scripts":[