So, if I try to install SQL Server 2008 Express on Windows Home Server, I obtain some kind of error messages? Because in the past, with the RC of WHS, I managed to install SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition without any problem.
Marco Minerva, marco.minerva@gmail.com
I didn't say you would get an error message. I said installing it is unsupported (as is SQL Server 2005 or any other app that requires installation from the server desktop). In theory, it should work. But there will be very few users who would ever install any version of SQL Server on WHS (most WHS users won't even know what SQL is as the target audience for WHS are people with little to no computer knowledge at all). However, if you installing SQL Server (especially Enterprise Edition) on your server, you probably have the wrong server OS to begin with.
Having said all of that, if you want to install SQL Server on your server, my suggestion would be to set up WHS in a VM first and extensively test it there. If everything works (which I believe it will), then install it on your production server. Just note that you are adding additional (and perhaps troublesome) steps to a Server Reinstallation (should it ever become necessary).
