Software Requirements

The following software prerequisites must be installed on any server running any SQL Server edition:

Image Windows Installer 4.5 or later (sometimes distributed by Microsoft Windows Update services; also will be installed by the SQL Server Installation Center).

Image Windows PowerShell 2.0. (This is not installed by SQL Server Installation Center. If the Installer reports it is not present, you will need to download and install it from the Windows Management Framework web page, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968929.)

.NET 3.5 SP1 and ...

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