Installing Service Bus Server 1.0 BETA

This is the second part of my advices and feedbacks to the first Beta of known Azure-Services for on-premis installations. You can find the whole series also in the developers.de blog.

In July 2012 Microsoft has published for the first time a piece of Windows Azure which is installable locally (On-Premise). It is Service Bus (v1 BETA) which is a slightly adapted version of Windows Azure Service Bus. If you are aware of this product this post will help you to install it. If you are new to Service Bus Server (this is how some people call it) it is highly recommended to take a look on this article.

Before you start with installation go to the following URL and download all required components from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30376. To install the Service Bus run servicebus.3f.3f.3fnew.exe. Another option is to use Web Platform installer v4. Following picture shows two new components in Platform Installer. This post is related to installation of Service Bus 1.0. If you want to install Workflow 1.0 you will anyhow have to install Service Bus first.

After the start of Service Bus Server setup following dialog appears:

Immediately after the start the list of missing dependencies will appear (see picture below). Please note that after installation a restart will be required! Note that if you previously have installed Windows Fabric components you will have to uninstall it. Note that it is not necessary to go to the direct link (shown below). Simply click "I Accept" to proceed. Setup will automatically download and install required components.