I am trying to install WSUS on my <acronym title="System Center Configuration Manager">SCCM</acronym> server (this is not a big site so we have a single central server). So far, I have a fresh install of Windows Server 2008 R2 which is fully up to date. I have successfully installed the included SQL Server 2005 and updated to SP3. I'm now ready to install WSUS before I move on to the main <acronym title="System Center Configuration Manager">SCCM</acronym> install. I'd like to use SQL Server 2005 to host the WSUS database as I will be running it for <acronym title="System Center Configuration Manager">SCCM</acronym> anyway. But when I get to the Database Options part of the installer, "Use an existing database server on this computer" is greyed out. Is there an extra step I need to do to get this working on Server 2008 R2? There were some extra hoops to jump through to get SQL Server 2005 installed, perhaps there is another? I'm using the Windows Server 2008 R2 "add roles" function to do the WSUS install, but it doesn't change if I download the installer from MS Website. Also, I know the "with SQL Tech" license only covers the use of SQL server for <acronym title="System Center Configuration Manager">SCCM</acronym> . Although WSUS is another product, it will be completely managed by <acronym title="System Center Configuration Manager">SCCM</acronym> and I have read that it should be covered by the license terms. Is there a technical restriction why this is greyed out (like the database having to be named a certain way) ? Many thanks in advance for any help or advice!

First, the licencing issue is N/A; as long as you are using for inbox and closely related things, using the "with SQL Technology" database for things WSUS and MDT is fine. As for your connection issues, if you accepted all of the default installation parameters, you should have no issues. What "hoops" did you jump through? There is a KB describing a few issues: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955725/. Can you open SQL Management Studio and successfully connect to the database? Are you using a non-default instance?Jason | http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/jsandys | http://blogs.catapultsystems.com/jsandys/default.aspx | Twitter @JasonSandys