Installation Walkthrough
The following sections walk you through a typical installation scenario step by step. We bring up important points of information along the way, providing a real-world perspective on the process. No past experience with SQL Server is required to understand these sections.
Note
SQL Server 2008 is actually version 10 of the product, just as SQL Server 2005 is version 9, and SQL Server 2000 was version 8, which succeeded SQL Server 7. SQL Server 2008 R2 is considered version 10.5. Although versioning by year seems straightforward, it may obfuscate the reasoning behind the naming convention used for many installed items, such as shared folder names (for example, Microsoft SQL Server\100), SQL Server instance folder names ...
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