BizTalk Server 2009 pre-requisites

Preparing your computer for installation

1. Install any critical updates for Windows®

2. Enable Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 or 7.0

3. Install Microsoft Office Excel® 2007

4. Install Visual Studio® 2008 with Service Pack 1 (SP1)

5. Install SQL Server® 2008 or SQL Server 2005 with Service Pack 2 (SP2 )

6. Install SQL Notification Services (required only for BAM Alerts)

7. Install Microsoft Management Console 3.0 (required only for Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP)

8. Install prerequisites for MQSeries Agent

9. Configure ASP.NET 2.0 for 64-bit Mode*

10. Install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 with Service Pack 1 (SP1)*

11. Configure ASP.NET 2.0 for 32-bit mode*

12. Configure Default Web Site for ASP.NET 2.0*

13. Configure Windows SharePoint® Services*

14. Extend the Default Web Site as a Virtual server*

15. Disable shared Memory Protocol

16. Join the local Administrators group

17. Configure the Application Event Log

18. Enable TCP/IP and named pipes in the SQL Server Configuration Manager

19. Enable Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MS DTC) on the Local Host Server (LHS)

20. Before installing and configuring BizTalk Server 2009 in a multicomputer environment, you must enable network DTC access and network COM+ access on all computers running Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later where you will install BizTalk Server.

21. SQL Server Client Tools must be installed on the local computer when SQL Server is remote. The version of the SQL Server Client tools on the local computer must be the same version that is installed on SQL Server.

22. SQL Server OLAP client must be installed on the local computer if you plan to use Analysis Services remotely.

23. The remote SQL Server must be running during BizTalk Server configuration

24. The TCP and UDP ports you specified during the SQL Server setup process must be open during BizTalk Server configuration.

25. Named instances of SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services are not supported.

*Only necessary if you are using the Windows SharePoint Services Adapter Web Service.