How install SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition and SQL Server Management Studio Express?

Step 1: Download SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition

The SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition download page has three separate downloads for you to consider.

Table A -- Decide which features you need for your installation

Version Feature	SQL Server 2005 Express Edition SP1	SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services SP1	SQL Server 2005 Express Edition Toolkit SP1
Database engine	X	X
Client software	X	X	X
Full-text search		X
Reporting Services		X
Management Studio Express		X	X

Table B -- System and software requirements for SQL Server 2005 Express Edition

Version Feature	SQL Server 2005 Express Edition SP1	SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services SP1	SQL Server 2005 Express Edition Toolkit SP1
RAM (minimum)	192 MB	512 MB	512 MB
RAM (recommended)	512 MB	1 GB	1 GB
Drive space	600 MB
Processor (minimum)	600 MHz
Processor (recommended)	1 GHz
IIS 5 or higher	No	Yes	No
Operating systems supported	Windows Server 2003 SP1, Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1, Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition SP1, Windows Server 2003 Web Edition SP1, Windows Small Business Server 2003 Standard Edition SP1, Windows Small Business Server 2003 Premium Edition SP1, Windows XP Professional SP2, Windows XP Home Edition SP2, Windows XP Tablet Edition SP2, Windows XP Media Edition SP2, Windows 2000 Professional Edition SP4, Windows 2000 Server Edition SP4, Windows 2000 Advanced Edition SP4, Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Edition SP4
Software prerequisites	.NET Framework 2.0 & MSXML 6
Other requirements	Server joined to your Active Directory domain.

I highly recommend that you don't use one of your existing servers for this purpose. If you don't have any reasonable spare hardware, consider using VMware Server or Virtual Server 2005 R2and creating a virtual machine. Both products are free, and great for creating test beds. SQL Server 2005 requires the .NET Framework 2.0, which breaks some applications, so keeping the database separate is a good idea.

Step 3: Install database software prerequisites

I mentioned above that there are a number of software prerequisites for SQL Server 2005 Express Edition. Before you can install the database software, you need to take the necessary steps to get these items installed.

Install the following items in order.

Internet Information Server 5 or higher

If your Windows server does not have IIS installed, go to Start | Control Panel | Add or Remove Programs | Add/Remove Windows Components.

.NET Framework 2.0

Download the .NET Framework 2.0 (x86) from here. After downloading, execute dotnetfx.exe and follow the instructions to complete the installation. I'd show a screenshot, but there's really not a whole lot to see!

MSXML6

Download MSXML6 from here. Execute msxml6.msi. This is a quick installation.

 Install SQL Server 2005 Developer  Edition

1. Insert the DVD into the DVD drive and double-click on the icon:

2. The installation screen should appear:

For most installations, if installing on standard 32 bit Windows XP Professional, click on the x86-based operating systems option.

3. Click on Server components, tools, Books online and samples:

4. Read the terms and conditions of the license agreement and click the check box to accept them:

Then click Next.

5. The Installing Prerequisites screen appears:

Click on the Install button and wait whilst the system components are configured. This may take 10-20 seconds.

6. Once the prerequisites are installed, click on Next:

7. Wait for a few seconds for the following screen to appear, and then click on Next:

8. The System Configuration Check screen appears:

If the configuration check completes successfully (Success appears in the top panel, all ticks in the Details panel), click on Next.

9. Fill in the Registration Information details:

Click on Next.

10. Select the components to install:

Note that the components selected in the screen shot above are the most common components that will be needed for most developers and development DBAs. However, if another component such as Analysis Services is needed, it can be added easily afterwards by re-inserting the installation DVD and re-running the setup program.Click on the Advanced button to open up further options.

11. The advanced Features Selection screen opens:

IMPORTANT NOTE As a general rule it is not necessary to change the default installation path or the Developer Edition installation, unless your organization has a standard which is different. If in doubt, check an existing PC or server at your site.Click on Next.

12. Select the Default instance:

IMPORTANT NOTE If the Default instance radio button is disabled, this probably means that there is another, default instance of SQL Server 2000 or SQL Server 2005 already installed on this machine. In this case, consult the DBA for the project as it may not be necessary or desirable to re-install the database components.Click on Next.

13. Select the radio button Use the built-in System account:

The first step will change the Windows account under which the SQL Server service executes to the Local System account. In a production environment or certain development environments, it may be desirable to change this to a domain user account, but this is not usually necessary for local developer installations. Note that the service account settings can be changed through the Services applet in the Control Panel at any point after installation, however SQL Server will require re-starting in order for these changes to take effect.Click on Next.

14. Change Authentication Mode to Mixed Mode and set a password for the sa logon. The user’s NT logon name could be used as an initial password, but note that whatever is used, it should NOT be the same for each machine as the sa account gives sysadmin privileges to any user who uses it:

Click on Next.

15. Keep the default collation settings, UNLESS the DBA for the project specifies that they should be changed. Be aware that certain applications require non-default settings:

Click on Next.

16. Select Error Reporting and Usage options – it does not matter what these are set to, as they are completely at your discretion:

Click on Next.

17. The pre-installation screen will now appear:

Click on Install.

18. The Setup Progress screen will appear, informing you of installation progress:

This step usually takes 10-30 minutes, but requires no user intervention - so now's a good time to take a break and make some coffee.

19. The Setup steps have completed:

Click on Next.

20. The Completing Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Setup screen will now appear:

If you only want the database server to be accessible from the machine on which it is installed, click onFinish. SQL Server 2005 installation is now complete.However, if you wish the database server to be accessible from other machines, click on the Surface Area Configuration tool link.

21. The Help Protect Your SQL Server screen will appear:

Click on the Surface Area Configuration for Services and Connections link.

22. The SQL Server 2005 Surface Area Configuration screen will appear:

Click on the Remote Connections node in the left hand tree pane, then click on ocal and remote connections. By default, TCP/IP only is selected and is usually sufficient in most development environments, but if you suspect that you may need SQL Server 2005 to host legacy applications which require support for the named pipes SQL Server communication protocol, click on Using TCP/IP and Named Pipes. If in doubt, consult the DBA for the project.In addition, if you wish this installation of SQL Server to automatically announce itself on the network to automatic database server directory queries, click on the SQL Server Browser Service, set the Startup type to Automatic, click on Apply, then click on the Start button. Click on OK, and then close the Help Protect Your SQL Server screen. Finally, click on the Finish button on the Completing Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Setup screen.