This article is a part of a series describing the installation of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) on a Windows Server 2008 with the newly released SQL Server 2008. Please have a look at "Installing MOSS 2007 on Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 - Part 1: Overview".
Installation
- Start the "setup.exe" of your SQL Server 2008 installation DVD.
- You are prompted to install the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (surprise since this was officially released later)
- After that you need to install a Windows Update.
- On the left side click "Installation" and on the right side click "New SQL Server stand-alone installation or add features to an existing installation".
- After that select your version of SQL Server 2008.
- After installing the setup support files you are prompted that there are some warnings. You can ignore that on a development environment.
- After that select the "Database Engine Services" feature and the "Management Tools" feature.
- Keep the default instance checked.
- After validating the hard disk requirements you have to select a services account. Please use the domain account from Part 3: Domain Accounts.
- You don't need to change the collation settings given by the installation wizard.
- Use "Windows Authentication" and add the current user as a SQL Server administrator.
- Click a few times next to start installation.
Configuration
- You have to enable "named pipes".
Please take a look at Part 5: Installing IIS7.