SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition on Windows 2008

Server

Here are the screen shots for the step by step install:

1) The main screen for the SQL Server 2008 install. You are presented with the

different options – you can choose to check the hardware/software requirements,

check the system configuration, use the upgrade advisor etc. If you want to kick

off the install, click on the Installation link on the left hand side.

2) Under installation, you will then be presented with the screen like the one shown

below:

3) Click on the first option to start the install and when you do that, the first thing it will

do is check the set up support rules.

The rules that it checks are shown in the image below:

4) Next step is to either enter the product key or use the evaluation edition and then

accept the license terms.

Once the set up support rules are checked, you will see a warning for the Windows

Firewall check since it is enabled by default in Windows 2008. This is something that we

can come back later and fix by enabling specific ports. You can refer to one our posts on

this topic or see the link that is given in the image below.

5) On the next screen now, you will be presented with the different features that you can

select/de-select depending upon what you wish to have installed.

6) Next step is for the selection of the default or the named instance and server

configuration i.e. the account(s) that you wish to configure for running the different

services. And post that you will be presented with the screen to input a secure password

(if you choose to run in mixed mode authentication).

You can then specify the data directories for SQL Server Database Engine as well as for

Analysis Services. You can also choose your options for the Filestream functionality.

7) Then you get the three different options for configuring SSRS:

8) Post the SSRS configuration, you then have the standard error & usage reporting

screen.

9) Once the install wizard has all the necessary information, it then checks whether the

setup could be blocked because of any other programs that are running. You can view

the detailed report in case you get a failed/warning message.

10) Once it has all the information now, it will start the installation process.

…and complete the install:

You can see the summary log file of the install at the location shown in the last screen.