The following notes apply to this release of SQL Server only.

Microsoft Update

For information about how to use Microsoft Update to identify updates for SQL Server 2008, see the Microsoft Update Web site at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=108409.

Reporting Services

The Reporting Services installation options that you specified in Setup determine whether additional configuration is required before you can access the report server. If you installed the default configuration, the report server can be used immediately. If you installed the program files only, you must run the Reporting Services Configuration tool to deploy the report server.

To install the Reporting Services Add-in for SharePoint Technologies, start the rsSharePoint.msi in the Setup folder on the SQL Server 2008 installation media after SQL Server Setup is complete.

Documentation and Samples

To install the .NET Framework SDK, see “Installing the .NET Framework SDK” in SQL Server 2008 Books Online at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=114089.

By default, sample databases and sample code are not installed as part of SQL Server Setup. To install sample databases and sample code for non-Express editions of SQL Server 2008, see the CodePlex Web site at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=87843. To read about support for SQL Server sample databases and sample code for SQL Server Express, see Databases and Samples Overview on the CodePlex Web site at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=110391.

For more information about late-breaking changes in this release of SQL Server, see the latest readme file at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=100093.

For information about SQL Server 2008 Surface Area Configuration, see the following SQL Server 2008 documentation topics:

In SQL Server 2008 Books Online: “Understanding Surface Area Configuration.”

In SQL Server 2008 Setup Help: “Minimize SQL Server 2008 Surface Area.”

	In SQL Server 2008 Books Online on MSDN: Understanding Surface Area Configuration 	at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=106282.