Execution sequence of Group By, Having and Where clause in SQL Server?

Question

I am just confused with the execution sequence of a SQL query when we use GROUP BY and HAVING with a WHERE clause. Which one gets executed first? What is the sequence?

Answer 1

in order:

FROM & JOINs determine & filter rows
WHERE more filters on the rows
GROUP BY combines those rows into groups
HAVING filters groups
ORDER BY arranges the remaining rows/groups
LIMIT filters on the remaining rows/groups