Building my latest integration server using CC.NET and figured I would go through the trouble of installing the .NET 3.5 framework on Windows 2003 Server R2 (I don’t need 2008 for my CC.NET server tho I would like to use it).

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/bb986638.aspx (release notes)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e6e1c3df-a74f-4207-8586-711ebe331cdc&displaylang=en (Web setup)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=F26B1AA4-741A-433A-9BE5-FA919850BDBF&displaylang=en (ISO image)

I’d go with the web based installer if I were you. When you do this you can tailor the install to only include the .NET framework SDK. This avoids a 1.1GB download and reduces the SDK to a more reasonable footprint of ~150MB.

You can see this under advanced options and in the screen shot above.

What’s Next?

After the install completes you will find the .NET SDK framework at DRIVE:\Program Files (x86?)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.1\Bin

(Note: Probably will want to add this to the $PATH variable on your build box / CC.NET box)