SQL Server 2008 Installation Strategies and Best Practices Part 2 of 5 Greetings, last week I initiated this blog series which focuses on best practices and installation strategies when deploying ...

More notes from the field on installing the new version of SQL Sever.

My latest title SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration includes a dedicated chapter on how to design and implement a SQL Server 2008 Failover Clustering when running on Windows Server 2008.

How Do I Install Business Intelligence Development Studio 2008? Rikalous pointed out that Business Intelligence Development Studio is needed. In the SQL Server 2008 installation wizard, there is an ...

Hey, I'm trying to install SQL Server 2008 (and eventually 2012) from the command line. I've decided that a good way to go about this is to use a configuration file. Sco: Unable to write hklm ...

In the SQL Server 2008 installation wizard, there is an option to select Client tools. You can also click on the Add/Change button after selecting SQL Server 2008 and clicking on the Add button.

Warnings Information in this article applies to Microsoft SQL Server 2012. The instructions for earlier versions of SQL Server, including versions 2008 and 2005, are similar.

Microsoft also released a Feature Pack for SQL Server 2008 SP3. The Feature Pack, available here, contains enhancements that can be added via individual installation packages.