Comments on: SQL Server 2008 on Server Core 2008 R2

By: Joachim Nässlander

Joachim Nässlander — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:02:01 +0000

Thanks for all the comments, have updated the post now so everything should work “out of the box”!

By: sedlin

sedlin — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:16:43 +0000

Thanks for nice post!
If you use parameter “TCPENABLED=1″ you do not have to modify registry.

By: Server Core and SQL Server | Hyper-V according to me

Server Core and SQL Server | Hyper-V according to me — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 07:07:21 +0000

[...] I’m currently building a new lab at my new employer and one of the things I wanted to try out was running SQL Server 2008 R2 on Server Core R2. It’s not totally straightforward, and most importantly not supported by Microsoft, but Joachim Nässlander has all the details in his blog. [...]

By: pjh

pjh — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:45:22 +0000

Great post!!! I did exactly as you described except with SQL 2008 R2 and only had to add the “/IAcceptSQLServerLicenseTerms” switch to the installation command. Thanks for blazing the trail!!

By: Stripped to the bare core « Gavin Payne

Stripped to the bare core « Gavin Payne — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 22:21:44 +0000

[...] Joachim Nässlander has blogged about getting SQL Server 2008 installed on a core installation (link). It’s not supported by Microsoft, in fact I bet they hate its possible, but I did get his [...]

By: SP2010 Beta: Installation « RaSor’s Blog

SP2010 Beta: Installation « RaSor’s Blog — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:19:24 +0000

[...] srv 2008 core as an AD server. Put SQL srv 2008 onto [...]

By: Server Core can’t have SQL Server Installed? « Rants of a .Net Dev

Server Core can’t have SQL Server Installed? « Rants of a .Net Dev — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:18:04 +0000

[...] weirdest thing is that, with a bit of a workaround, you can get SQL Server working on Server 2008 Core Edition – so it looks like its just an [...]

By: Joachim Nässlander

Joachim Nässlander — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:14:18 +0000

Thanks Ross! No, I haven’t heard anything official but I’d assume that we might see support in the next SP or the next release of SQL Server. I can see the support issues when it comes to Core, so I think they’ll have to test it quite well before supporting it.