Microsoft SQL Server 2008 CTP 6 Installation Screenshots

SQL Server 2008 installation is completed

eralper — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:54:30 GMT

SQL Server 2008 installation is completed

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 February CTP (CTP6) installation is completed successfully.

RebootMessageAction

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RebootMessageAction

Installation is successfully completed for the following processes:
Database Engine Services
FullText
Replication
Analysis Services
Reporting Services
Client Tools
SQL Server Books online
Business Intelligence Development Studio
Microsoft Sync Framework

Installation Progress

eralper — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:49:29 GMT

Installation Progress

SQL Server 2008 installation is started.

Ready to Install

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Ready to Install

Verify the SQL Server 2008 components to be installed in the list displayed in this screen.

Error and Usage Reporting

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Error and Usage Reporting

You are free to send information to Microsoft in order to help Microsoft improve future releases of MS SQL Server by configuring error and usage reporting in this screen.

Reporting Services Configuration Mode

eralper — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:43:13 GMT

Reporting Services Configuration Mode

Reporting Services Configuration mode is selected in this screen

Data Directories for Analysis Services Configuration

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Data Directories for Analysis Services Configuration

Data directories such as data, log, temp and backup directories for MS Analysis Services are defined in this tab.

Analysis Services Configuration Account Provisioning

eralper — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:39:12 GMT

Analysis Services Configuration Account Provisioning

Analysis Services Configuration Account Provisioning which means specifiying users that have administrative permissions for Analysis Services can be arranged here

Analysis Services Configuration

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Analysis Services Configuration

FileStream Settings

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FileStream Settings

FileStream settings are configured in this tab.

SQL Server 2008 Data Directories

eralper — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:33:42 GMT

SQL Server 2008 Data Directories

Data directories related with the installation instance can be configured in this tab.

Data root directory,
System database directory,
User database directory,
User database log directory,
Temp DB directory,
Temp DB log directory,
Backup directory

Account Provisioning

eralper — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:30:53 GMT

Account Provisioning

In Account Provisioning tab,

Security mode : Windows Authentication mode or Mixed mode with built-in SQL Server system administrator account (sa) password can be specified.

As well as the current user that is running the installation process can be added to the SQL Server Administrators by clicking the "Add Current User" in order to give unrestricted access to the database engine.

Database Engine Configuration

eralper — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:25:10 GMT

Database Engine Configuration

In Database Engine Configuration screen security mode (Windows Authentication mode or Mixed Authentication mode), SQL Server Administrators users, data folders and FileStream feature and FileStream properties can be arranged and specified.

Server Collation Configuration

eralper — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:19:52 GMT

Server Collation Configuration

In the Collation tab in Server Configuration screen, as a SQL Server database administrator one can define the default collation for database engine and analysis services seperately.

Server Configuration Service Accounts tab

eralper — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:17:42 GMT

Server Configuration Service Accounts tab

In Server Configuration, Service Accounts tab you can define and configure SQL Server service accounts individually for each of the services;

SQL Server Agent
SQL Server
SQL Server Browser
SQL Server Analysis
SQL Server Reporting Services
SQL Server Integration Services 10.0

Features to install

eralper — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:11:32 GMT

Features to install

You can select the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 features to be installed during the installation process.

Instance Features :
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Database Engine Services :
Includes the SQL Server Database Engine. Optional components include Replication and Full-Text Search.

SQL Server Replication :
Includes a set of replication objects for copying data and database objects from one database to one or more other databases.

Full text search :
Includes the full-text search engine, for fast text search on content stored in SQL Server.

Analysis Services :
Includes Analysis Services and tools used to support online analytical processing (OLAP) and data mining.

Reporting Services :
Includes Reporting Services, a server-based application for creating, managing, and delivering reports in paper-oriented and interactive Web-based formats.

Shared Features :
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Client Tools :
Includes management and development tools: SQL Server Management Studio, SQL Server Configuration Manager, SQL Server Profiler, and Database Engine Tuning Advisor.

Microsoft Sync Framework :
Microsoft Sync Framework v1.0 is a comprehensive synchronization platform enabling collaboration and offline for applications, services and devices.

SQL Server Books online :
Includes Books Online documentation for SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 Mobile Edition.

Business Intelligence Development Studio :
Includes management and development tools: Business Intelligence Development Studio.

Integration Services :
Includes the designer, runtime, and utilities that enable Integration Services to move, integrate, and transform data between data stores.

Feature Selection

eralper — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:07:49 GMT

Feature Selection

Select MS SQL Server 2008 features to install

Server Configuration Service Accounts

eralper — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:57:33 GMT

Server Configuration Service Accounts

Server Configuration Service Accounts tab

New SQL Server 2008 Named Instance Configuration

eralper — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:55:18 GMT

New SQL Server 2008 Named Instance Configuration

Configuration for a new MS SQL Server 2008 named instance installation

SQL Server 2008 instance configuration where SQL2005 exists

eralper — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:53:20 GMT

SQL Server 2008 instance configuration where SQL2005 exists

SQL Server 2008 instance configuration on a server where a SQL Server 2005 instance exists