IIS ASP.NET

[Juan T. Llibre]

The order is unimportant, overall, except for assuring that
the right version of MDAC is installed ( 2.8, at least ).

I prefer SQL first, as I can get start programming as soon as the
VS install is done, but it is not critical either way, except for MDAC.

As regards SQL Server Express 2005 and VS 2005, VS 2005
will install it for you *before* it installs itself, so there's a tip.

If you want to install SQL Server 2005 but not Express, install VS.NET using
the "Personalized" option, and then you can de-select SQL Server Express 2005
so that VS.NET doesn't install it, if you only want to work with SQL Server 2005.




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[Mark Rae]

The order is unimportant, overall, except for assuring that
the right version of MDAC is installed ( 2.8, at least ).

Fair enough - there's a school of thought which says that it's best to
install software in the order it was released, hence the question...

 

[Alexey Smirnov]

re:
!> Is there any microsoft web article that highlights the need to install
!> IIS and .NET in the right order

See :http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0856eacb-436...

That's the .Net Framework 2.0 system requirements / download page.

Scoot down to "Additional Information"...

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Server Installation Requirements:

"If you have been directed to do a server installation, you must have thefollowing
software installed in addition to the typical installation requirements:

Microsoft Data Access Components 2.8 or later is recommended.

Internet Information Services (IIS) version 5.0 or later.

To access the features of ASP.NET, IIS with the latest security updates
must be installed prior to installing the .NET Framework."
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You can show that to your boss.

The principal problem encountered when the .Net Framework is installed before IIS
is that users need to manually register the framework with IIS ( it's impossible to
register the .net framework with IIS if IIS isn't installed... )

There's other problems which crop up, like inability to use the VS debugger,
security problems for the ASP.NET account, problems with the ASP.NET
version selector, etc., if you install Visual Studio before installing IIS.

The order of installation is very important.

To prevent problems, install in this order :

OS ( if you can select/install IIS, install it when you install the OS )
...otherwise install IIS immediately afterwards
Install the .Net Framework
Install your database tool of choice
Install Visual Studio

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- Show quoted text -

Quote: "If you installed IIS after installing Visual Studio .NET
Prerequisites or Visual Studio .NET, you must repair .NET Framework
before you can successfully create Web applications and XML Web
services."

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/z29sddxk(vs.71).aspx

I think this can be a final message to the OP. The order is really
unimportant, and in case you don't want to deal with aspnet_regiis you
can always "repair" the .NET

 

[RedLars]

Hi

The reason I'm asking is that we're building a basic image (WinXP,
IIS, dotnet etc) used by many of our engineers. In some cases these
computer will be using IIS and ASP, it's easier for us to install
everything in the right order rather than educating people in the
usage of aspnet_regiis. So in this case I believe order is somewhat
important.

Anyway, thanks for the help.

 

[Juan T. Llibre]

re:
!> The order is really unimportant

Unless you enjoy manually registering the .Net Framework with IIS, what's the point ?

The order *is* important, if you want to save your efforts for more worthwhile endeavors.

re:
!> in case you don't want to deal with aspnet_regiis you can always "repair" the .NET

It's wasted effort.

I *really* don't see the need for doing manually what doesn't
need to be done at all...if the correct installation order is used.





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re:
!> Is there any microsoft web article that highlights the need to install
!> IIS and .NET in the right order

See :http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0856eacb-436...

That's the .Net Framework 2.0 system requirements / download page.

Scoot down to "Additional Information"...

----------------------------------------------------------
Server Installation Requirements:

"If you have been directed to do a server installation, you must have the following
software installed in addition to the typical installation requirements:

Microsoft Data Access Components 2.8 or later is recommended.

Internet Information Services (IIS) version 5.0 or later.

To access the features of ASP.NET, IIS with the latest security updates
must be installed prior to installing the .NET Framework."
---------------------------------------------------------------------------­-----

You can show that to your boss.

The principal problem encountered when the .Net Framework is installed before IIS
is that users need to manually register the framework with IIS ( it's impossible to
register the .net framework with IIS if IIS isn't installed... )

There's other problems which crop up, like inability to use the VS debugger,
security problems for the ASP.NET account, problems with the ASP.NET
version selector, etc., if you install Visual Studio before installing IIS.

The order of installation is very important.

To prevent problems, install in this order :

OS ( if you can select/install IIS, install it when you install the OS )
...otherwise install IIS immediately afterwards
Install the .Net Framework
Install your database tool of choice
Install Visual Studio

Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP
asp.net faq :http://asp.net.do/faq/
foros de asp.net, en español :http://asp.net.do/foros/






- Show quoted text -

Quote: "If you installed IIS after installing Visual Studio .NET
Prerequisites or Visual Studio .NET, you must repair .NET Framework
before you can successfully create Web applications and XML Web
services."

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/z29sddxk(vs.71).aspx

I think this can be a final message to the OP. The order is really
unimportant, and in case you don't want to deal with aspnet_regiis you
can always "repair" the .NET