Question

Windows Small Business Server has a lot of software pre-installed, and it seems to have some conflicts with FogBugz. Is it possible to get them running together in harmony?

Answer 1

One of our users figured out how to get around the various roadblocks that SBS throws up to other software running on the system.

http://www.thejohnsonblog.com/2009/02/06/fogbugz-on-windows-small-business-server-2008/

Summary:

1. uninstall the RPC over HTTP Windows feature OR edit applicationhost.config and add preCondition=”bitness64″ for the rpcproxy.dll modules and globalModules entries
2. %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe set config -section:system.webServer/httpCompression /-[name='xpress']

Answer 2

Installing on a recent copy of SBS 2008, updated with all available "windows updates" went smoothly, I didn't encounter any problems at all! No need to disable RPC over HTTP and no need to alter it's configuration.

Only one thing to mention: At one point the installer asks if it should install a fresh copy of SQL Express 2008 or should use one existing instance. I configured a fresh instance of the existing SQL Express 2005 and pointed the installer to that instance! I assume it would have worked just the same using one of the per-configured instances of SQL but I wasn't sure so I didn't take any chances.