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Installing 2005 and 2008 side by side on live server

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divinyl

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hi there

we are looking to install SQL 2005 and 2008 side by side on a production server. I'm more than happy to do this on my own machine but wanted to ensure it is safe in a live environment. Any issues I need to look out for?

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Di
 
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Yes it is safe. One must be a named instance if the already existing instance is the default instance.

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