How to set up a development environment from the MSDN Professional Subscription (841705)

INTRODUCTION

The information in this article applies to Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Professional Subscription. This step-by-step article describes how to set up a computer for development to use some of the key products that are found in the MSDN Professional Subscription.

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Requirements

This article assumes that you are familiar with the following topics:

• General familiarity with how to install Microsoft applications.

The following list outlines the recommended hardware, software, network infrastructure, and service packs that you need:

• Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP or Microsoft Windows Server 2003.

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Install key products from the MSDN Professional Subscription

To set up a development environment that uses the products that are available from the MSDN Professional Subscription, you must set up Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Professional first, and then you must set up the Microsoft Desktop Engine for Data Access.

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Install Visual Studio .NET

1. Insert the CD-ROM that is labeled Visual Studio .NET Disk 1 in your CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive.
2. The Visual Studio .NET Setup window appears. Click 1 Visual Studio .NET Prerequisites.
3. Insert the CD-ROM that is labeled Visual Studio .NET Prerequisites.
4. The End User window appears. Accept the agreement to continue.
5. The Visual Studio .NET Prerequisites Setup window appears. The setup wizard detects which components to install before you can install Visual Studio .NET. Click Continue.
6. The Optional Automatic Log On window appears. Click to select the Automatically log on check box, and then type your user name and password.
7. Click Install Now.
   
   Note This option appears only if you install on a computer that is running Windows 2000 because this is the only operating system that requires you to restart the computer to install components during the installation process.
8. The Visual Studio .NET Prerequisites Summary window appears. Click Done.
9. The Visual Studio .NET Setup window appears. Click 2 Visual Studio .NET.
10. Insert the CD-ROM that is labeled Visual Studio .NET Disk 1.
11. The Visual Studio .NET Setup - Start Page window appears. Locate the product key on the CD-ROM.
12. Type the product key, and then accept the End User License Agreement (EULA). Click Continue.
13. The Visual Studio .NET Setup - Options Page window appears. Accept the default items to install. These items include the Microsoft .NET Framework SDK and Documentation.
14. Click Install Now. The Visual Studio Setup - Install Page window appears, and the Setup program starts to install Visual Studio .NET.
15. Insert the CD-ROM that is labeled Visual Studio .NET Disk 2 as the Visual Studio .NET Setup wizard prompts for the disk.
16. After the Setup program is complete, the Visual Studio .NET Setup window appears. Click 3 Product Documentation.
17. To install the MSDN Library, insert the CD-ROMs that are labeled MSDN Library Disk 1, Disk 2 and Disk 3 as the Setup Wizard prompts for each disk.
18. Follow the instructions on the screen until the installation of the MSDN Library is complete.
19. The Visual Studio .NET Setup window appears. Click 4 Service Releases.
20. Install any service updates.

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Install the Desktop Engine

In most development projects, you may want to integrate with some data store at some time. However, if you are an MSDN Professional subscriber, you do not have access to a copy of SQL Server Developer, SQL Server Standard, or SQL Server Enterprise through this level of subscription. If you want to develop code that has access to a database, you can use the Desktop Engine.

Note Visual Studio .NET 2003 does not include Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine (MSDE). In this article, you will learn how to install only the Desktop Engine.

1. To download MSDE, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

   MSDE 2000 for Developers Using Visual Studio .NET
   http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=13962

2. Click Download. The File Download dialog box appears.
3. Click Open to download and then run the sql2kdesksp3.exe file. After the download, the Installation Folder window appears.
4. Accept the default path, and then click Finish.
   
   Note If the specified output folder does not exist, click Yes in the PackageForTheWeb dialog box to create the folder.
5. After the package is read and unpacked, click OK in the PackageForTheWeb dialog box.
6. Open a command prompt, and then navigate to the C:\sql2ksp3\MSDE folder.
7. Run the following command at the command prompt to install MSDE:

   Setup.exe /qb+ INSTANCENAME=VSDOTNET DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=1 SAPWD=YOUR SA PASSWORD

   Replace YOUR SA PASSWORD with the system administrator password that you want to use.
8. After the installation is complete, you receive a dialog box that prompts you to restart your computer.
9. Click Yes to restart your computer.

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Verify that the products work

Verify the Visual Studio .NET installation

To verify your installation of Visual Studio .NET, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003, and then click Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003.
2. Visual Studio .NET 2003 starts.

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Verify the Desktop Engine installation

To verify your installation of the Desktop Engine, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click the Administrative Tools icon.
2. Double-click the Services icon. In the list of services, you notice the status of the MSSQL$VSDOTNET service as Started.

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