title: Proper Install Order For Visual Studio 2010 with SQL Server 2008 and Office 2007?
body: <p>I want to create a Windows 7 64-bit (Ultimate) virtual machine with: </p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Visual Studio 2010 (Ultimate)</li>
  <li>Office 2007 Enterprise (with Visio 2007)</li>
  <li>SQL Server 2008 (with SSIS and SSRS)</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>but I am not sure if there is a <em>correct</em> order to install those items such that there will not be a loss of "awareness" of one application from another on that list?  </p>
  
  <p>For example, I want to make sure Visual Studio knows that Office exists but also that Visual Studio knows that SQL Server exists but if I install SQL Server before Office will that wipe out any data access drivers that are needed by VS 2010 if Office is installed after SQL Server?</p>
  
  <p>There are a lot of components and I never gave it a thought that install order would matter but I have a feeling it does.  Ultimately I want to create a VM that I can save and use a base development VM from which to create additional VMs from.</p>