For a Win 2000 (SP2) server, how does one go about adding support for .NET apps, including ASP.NET?

I saw the 20Mb .NET redistributable download at http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/default.asp?url=/downloads/sample.asp?url=/msdn-files/027/001/829/msdncompositedoc.xml

Is it just necessary to download and install this?

Anyone who's done it care to offer any tips, pitfalls etc?

Cheers! :)

Actually, you do not need to install the redistributable, you need to install the framework (approximately 125mb). Make sure that you adjust the configuration files (as indicated in the documentation) to your specific likings. The configuration files include many settings such as whether to display debug information to a remote user, whether to run asp.net as a service under the administrative user or .... so on and so forth. Make sure you are comfortable with these setting before you deploy .NET.
hope this helps

I thought the 125Mb was the complete SDK? (was trying to avoid such a huge download :D). Anyone else?

I've been trying to download the 19.7MB download but it always says corrupted download... how's your luck?

Oh yes, it is the SDK.
This will help though:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/dotnetframedepguid.asp

Hmmm.

Well, at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/dotnetframedepguid.asp it says:

"Note These papers refer to Dotnetfx.exe as the setup file that contains the run time elements for the .NET Framework. If you download the "Microsoft .NET Redistributable Package" from MSDN you will receive a file named Dotnetredist.exe. This file contains Dotnetfx.exe. In order to extract Dotnetfx.exe, double-click Dotnetredist.exe. You will be prompted to save the extracted files on your computer. The extracted file is Dotnetfx.exe. Use Dotnetfx.exe for deployment purposes. "

And I just checked and that 20Mb download does indeed contain Dotnetfx.exe (which seems to extract ok for me -- I downloaded the main file yesterday).

So I think that the redistributable kit is what's needed. The SDK will do the job as well but isn't strictly needed unless you are compiling stuff. That's my reading anyways.

When I get some spare time I'll install the framework, test out some .NET stuff and report back.

My "corrupted download" was caused by my antivirus.... strange :) As soon as I disabled it, voila it worked.

Hey maybe the AV thinks it's a backdoor planted by Microsoft... :D

Yes, I apologize for my misguided advice. I installed the whole SDK because I am a developer etc...
Anyways, when I saw that same quote from the msdn page, I realized my wrong advice so I posted it for you to make your own decision.