Part 1 - Installing SQL Server 2008 Express Edition on Windows Server 2008 R2

This guide assumes you are installing SQL server to be used with MDT 2012/2010 on Windows Server 2008 R2 server in a domain environment. It is intended for use in home lab or test environment.

This guide covers how to

• Install the SQL Server• Configure the SQL Server • Configure Windows Firewall to allow SQL Server through the firewall• Build a database for use with MDT 2012/2010

Click OK

Click Next

Click Next

Accept the licence terms

Click Install

Click Next

Click Next

Select Database Engine Services

Click Next

Select Named Instance

Make a note of the Named instance (SQLExpress)

Click Next

Click on Use the same account for all SQL Server services

Enter the username and password for an Administrator account in your domain.

Click OK

Reminder: this guide is intended for use in a home lab or test environment. Hence it is sufficient to use the Administrator account in your domain for this.

Select Windows authentication mode

Add user accounts you want to give administrator access to the SQL Server. You can also add AD Security Groups to this list

Click Next

Click Next

Click Next

Click Install

Click Next

Click Close

Configure The SQL Server

Open the SQL Server Configuration Manager

Expand SQL Server Network Configuration

Select Protocols for SQLEXPRESS

Right click on enable Named Pipes

Select SQL Server Services

Right click on SQL Server Browser and select Properties

Change to Automatic

Right click on SQL Server Browser and select Start

Right click on SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS) and select Restart

Configure Windows Firewall

Open Windows Firewall

Click on Allow a program or feature through Windows Firewall

Click on Allow another program…

Browser to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Shared

Open sqlbrowser

Click Browse…

Click Add

Once again add another program to allow through the firewall

Browse to C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQL\Binn

Open sqlsevr

Build A MDT Database

Right click on Database and select New Database

Open the Deployment Workbench and expand your Deployment Share

Expand Advanced Configuration

Enter the hostname of your server on which you installed SQL Server 2008 Express

Enter SQLEXPRESS

Choose Named Pipes

Enter a name for your database

Enter the name of your Deployment Share as the SQL Share

Click Next

Click Finish

A database has been created and linked with your deployment share.

This is what the Database page should look like

End of Part 1Part 2 of this series will demonstrate how to populate and use the database in a couple of

deployment scenarios. Instructions are available on my blog.

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