Phase 1

Installing and Configuring Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Second, after you have verified that your machine can handle SQL Server 2005, you can
begin the installation. Follow these steps (which are for installing Enterprise Edition, but the
steps are similar for all editions):

1.

You need to create a service account, so create a user account named SqlServer, and make
it a member of the Administrators local group. You can perform this task using one of
these tools:

On a Windows member server or on Windows XP, use Computer Management.

On a Windows domain controller, use Active Directory Users and Computers.

2.

Insert the SQL Server CD, and wait for the automenu to open.

3.

Under Install, choose Server Components

Tools

Books Online

Samples.

4.

You will then be asked to read and agree with the end user license agreement (EULA);
check the box to agree, and click Next.

Hard disk
space
Approximately 350MB
of available hard disk
space for the recom-
mended installation
with approximately
425MB of additional
space for SQL Server
BOL, SQL Server
Mobile BOL, and
sample databases
Approximately 350MB of
available hard disk space
for the recommended
installation with approxi-
mately 425MB of addi-
tional space for SQL
Server BOL, SQL Server
Mobile BOL, and sample
databases
Approximately 350MB
of available hard disk
space for the recom-
mended installation with
approximately 425MB of
additional space for SQL
Server BOL, SQL Server
Mobile BOL, and sample
databases
Operating
system
Microsoft Windows
2000 Server with SP4 or
newer; Windows 2000
Professional Edition
with SP4 or newer;
Windows XP with SP2
or newer; Windows
Server 2003 Enterprise
Edition, Standard Edi-
tion, or Datacenter Edi-
tion with SP1 or newer;
Windows Small Busi-
ness Server 2003 with
SP1 or newer
Microsoft Windows
Server 2003 Standard x64
Edition, Enterprise x64
Edition, or Datacenter
x64 Edition with SP1 or
newer; Windows XP
Professional x64 Edition
or newer
Microsoft Windows
Server 2003 Enterprise
Edition or Datacenter Edi-
tion for Itanium-based
systems with SP1 or
newer

T A B L E 1 . 1

Developer/Standard/Enterprise Edition Requirements

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Component
32-bit
x64
Itanium