Windows Server 2008 as development machine - step by step

Question

I have found many tutorials about using Windows Server 2003 as a development machine, and very little information about Windows Server 2008 for the same purpose.

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SQL Server 2005 - installation order (thank you Anthony)

• IIS 7 with IIS 6 backwards compatibility (for reporting services)
• KB 950636
• SQL Server 2005
• SQL Server 2005 SP3
• Visual Studio 2005 SP1 (for BIDS)
• Visual Studio 2005 SP1 update for Vista (for BIDS)

SQL Server 2005 - links

• Error message when you install SQL Server 2005 SP3 on Windows Vista: "Visual Studio 2005 has a known compatibility issue with this version of Windows"
• Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB950636) - Install this update to resolve an issue where SQL Server 2005 installation is not completed successfully on a system running Windows Server 2008.
• You receive a warning message on the System Configuration Check page of the SQL Server 2005 Setup program on a computer that is running Windows Vista or a Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008
• How to install and how to configure SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008
• SQL Server 2005 on Windows Server 2008
• Installing SQL Server 2005 Reporting Service on IIS 7
• SQL Server User Provisioning Tool for Vista