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Thanks for all your comments. I've successfully installed the SQL 2008 on the server.
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Thanks for all your comments. I've successfully installed the SQL 2008 on the server.

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I currently have a situation were I need to install SQL Server Express 2008 on a server that already has SQL Server 2005 installed on it. Please can you advise if this is recommended and what are the best practices for such an install. <br />
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Thanks in advance for you're assistance
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I currently have a situation were I need to install SQL Server Express 2008 on a server that already has SQL Server 2005 installed on it. Please can you advise if this is recommended and what are the best practices for such an install. 

Thanks in advance for you're assistance

SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server Express 2008 installed on same server

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. Major improvements include the  Always On technologies and support for unstructured data types.

Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. It includes support for managing XML data and allows a database server to be exposed over web services using Tabular Data Stream (TDS) packets encapsulated within SOAP (protocol) requests.

Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.