windows small business server 2008 standard and premium with windows server 2008 sp2 x64 簡體中文 DVD

BeforedismissingthisasalicensingissueandnotabugpleaseunderstandthatthisisINDEEDabiginthatitshouldNOTbehappeningthisway.MoreofalicensingbugIguess,butabugnonetheless.Sohere'stheproblem,webought"SQLServer2008StandardEditionforSmallBusiness"andonthepackaging(theactualDVDbox)itsaysitinstallonWindowsServer2008Standard.

So,wehaveabrandnewDellserverthathasWindowsServer2008StandardX64withServicePack2(freshinstall).WhenweinstallSQLthesetupfailswith"Operatingsystemsupportedforthisedition"sowefoundonhere(andotherareas)thatSQL2008StandardforSmallBusinesswantstobeinstalledonWindowsSmallBusinessServer.I'veseenseveralotherpostsonthissubjectbutmostseemtoendin"joinyourSBdomain"whichisn'tanoptionforus.

Ifyoulookattherequirementshere...

http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/small-business.aspx

...assimilarpostspointout,itwillworkonWindows2008StandardIFtheserverisconnectedtoasmallbusinessdomain.Butwehaveonlythisonesingleserver,it'snotpartofadomain,isnotadomaincontroller,andwedon'thaveasmallbusinessservertoconnectto.

Butthat"domain"requirementisNOTATALLmentionedontheDVDboxfortheSQLsoftware,ifitwasIwouldhavereturneditbeforeopeningit.So,isthereANYwaytoinstallSQLServer2008StandardforSmallBusinessonWindowsServer2008standard?