Windows Server 2003 Standard or Enterprise Edition

For information about installing Windows Server 2003 for use with BizTalk Server 2006 R2, see "BizTalk Server Installation Guide" in BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Help.

For general information about installing Windows Server 2003, go to the Windows Server 2003 Web site at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=17155.

Note
After you install Windows Server, log on using the Administrator account to install the remaining prerequisite software.

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2

You can download from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=90633.

Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0

For information about installing Internet Information Services 6.0, see the BizTalk Server Installation Instructions at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=81041.

Microsoft Office Excel 2003, and InfoPath

For more information about Microsoft Office Professional Edition, see the Microsoft Office Online Web site at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=31630.

Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) 4.0 with Service Pack 2 or higher

For more information about MSXML, go to the Microsoft Download Center Web site at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=16614.

Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2

You can download Office SP2 from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=55034.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Enterprise or Standard Edition

(if in a development environment)

For specific information about installing Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 for use with BizTalk Server 2006 R2, see "Installing Visual Studio 2005" in BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Help.

For general information about installing Visual Studio 2005, see the Visual Studio .NET Web site at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=31628.

Microsoft SQL Server 2000

or

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 with Service Pack 2

For specific information about installing SQL Server 2000 or SQL Server 2005 for use with BizTalk Server 2006 R2, see the BizTalk Server Installation Instructions at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=81041.

For general information about installing SQL Server 2000 or SQL Server 2005, see the SQL Server Web site at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=28031.

Note
SQL Server 2000 Personal Edition is not compatible with BizTalk Server 2006 R2.

SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4

(if installing Microsoft SQL Server 2000)

You can download SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4 from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=48932. The download file for x86 is SQL2000-KB884525-SP4-x86-ENU.EXE.

SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services Service Pack 4

(if installing Microsoft SQL Server 2000)

You can download SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services Service Pack 4 from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=48932. The download file is SQL2000.AS-KB884525-SP4-x86-ENU.EXE.

Note
This is a separate service pack download from the SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4 download.

SQLXML 3.0 with Service Pack 3 (for either Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or Microsoft SQL Server 2005)

You can download SQLXML 3.0 with Service Pack 3 from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=47396.

Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 with Service Pack 2

For specific information about installing Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 with Service Pack 2 for use with BizTalk Server 2006 R2, see the "BizTalk Server Installation Guide" at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=81041.

You can download Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=31631. You can download Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 with Service Pack 2 from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=47398.

Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Enterprise or Standard Edition

See the BizTalk Server Installation Instructions at. http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=81041.

For more information about Microsoft BizTalk Server, see the Microsoft BizTalk Server Web site at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=12162.