If you're planning to install SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition from the DVD (Product Number: 521546), make sure to verify the system requirements, product details, and installation procedures before proceeding.

Thousands of vertical market applications (e.g., dental practice management, logistics dispatch, pre-2015 QuickBooks Enterprise) have DLLs and stored procedures that break on later versions of SQL Server. The X86 folder of this DVD is particularly valuable for 32-bit legacy apps that never received a 64-bit update.

New development, production data, security-sensitive environments, or any internet-facing server.