Installing Extra Features

It is not uncommon to install SQL Server 2008 only to realize that you missed a component. You can run the installation programs as many times as you need to to install additional components. For example, you may choose not to install Reporting Services when you first set up the database server. After running the server for six months, several users ask you to provide a reporting solution. You analyze the server and determine that it is only 36 percent utilized and decide that it can also support Reporting Services.

At this point you really have two options. You could run the installation program and add features (Reporting Services) to the existing instance or you could install a new instance dedicated to Reporting ...

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