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Thank you very much to both of you! :-)
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I have installed SQL 2008 on a Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise server in my network. At first I was told that the server did not need to be part of my domain but now the consultants changed their minds and told me to make the server join the domain. Will this cause any problems with my SQL installation? Do I need to reinstall SQL after the server has joined the domain?<br />
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BTW the application that uses the SQL server only uses local users, by that I mean that no user domain accounts are defined on the SQL server.<br />
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Thank you! 
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Hi

I have installed SQL 2008 on a Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise server in my network. At first I was told that the server did not need to be part of my domain but now the consultants changed their minds and told me to make the server join the domain. Will this cause any problems with my SQL installation? Do I need to reinstall SQL after the server has joined the domain?

BTW the application that uses the SQL server only uses local users, by that I mean that no user domain accounts are defined on the SQL server.

Thank you! 

SQL 2008 Installation

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

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.