Last Monday I installed Windows Server 2008 Operating System. My first impressions are that Windows Server 2008 is faster than Windows Server 2003 and looks more stable. Although I had some compability issues like the ones in Windows Vista, I solved every issue by searching the internet. Besides, in order to use the interface in Vista Themes and run some programs like Windows Media Player, you should install Desktop Experience Feature. I've installed Vs2003, Vs2005, Vs2008, SQL2000, SQL2005 and they all work fine. But I observed that Visual Studio 2008 and Sql Server 2005 are the most compatible versions that work with Windows Server 2008. I'd like to share the way how I installed these programs.

1)Installation Of IIS 7.0
2)Installation Of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
3)Installation Of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 SP1
4)Installation Of Microsoft SQL Server 2005
5)Installation Of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP2
6)Installation Of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
7)Installation Of .Net Framework 1.1 SP1
8)Configuring the IIS Server to run ASP.Net 1.1 applications (http://www.iis.net/articles/view.aspx/IIS7/Hosting-Web-Applications/ASP-NET/How-to-Run-ASP-NET-v1-1-on-IIS7?Page=1)
9)Installation Of Microsoft SQL Server 2000
10)Installation Of Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP4
11)Installation Of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008