Sharepoint 2010 Installation & Configuration - Part1

Hardware and Software Requirements for Sharepoint 2010

• Hardware requirements
  
  • Processor - 64-bit, dual processor, 3 GHz
  • RAM - 4 GB for stand-alone or evaluation installation. 8 GB for single server and multiple server farm installation for production use
  • Hard disk - 80 GB
• Software requirements
  
  • Database server - You can choose Either Sql Server 2005 or 2008 -
    
    • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (64-bit)
      
      • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP3 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=166496)
      • Cumulative update package 3 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=165748).
    • Or
    • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (64 bit)
      
      • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 SP1 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=166490)
      • Cumulative update package 2 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=165962)..
  • OS - For Server installation you can choose Windows 2008 std or R2
    
    • Windows Server 2008 Standard (64 bit)
      
      • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard SP2 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=166500)
      • Windows Server 2008 with SP 2 FIX: A hotfix that provides a method to support the token authentication without transport security or message encryption in WCF is available for the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=160770).
      • KB971831 – http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=KB971831&DownloadId=7285
    • Or
    • Windows Server 2008 R2
      
      • KB976462 - Windows Server 2008 R2 FIX: A hotfix that provides a method to support the token authentication without transport security or message encryption in WCF is available for the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=166231).
  • Sharepoint
    
    • Microsoft SharePoint Server Enterprise 2010 Beta - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/ee390819.aspx
    • Or
    • SharePoint Foundation 2010 (Windows SharePoint Services 2010 Beta) - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=906c9f5a-6505-4eba-bf24-95e423ac1703&displaylang=en
  • Prerequisites - Can be downloaded & installed from Sharepoint installer , no need to download separately
    
    • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=131037)
    • Microsoft "Geneva" Framework (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=165752)
    • Microsoft Sync Framework v1.0 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=141237&clcid=0x409)
    • Microsoft Filter Pack 2.0 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=166504)
    • Microsoft Chart Controls for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=141512)
    • Windows PowerShell 2.0 CTP3 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=165758)
    • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Native Client (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=166505)
    • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services ADOMD.NET (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=130651)
    • ADO.NET Data Services v1.5 CTP2
      
      • (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=158354) for Windows Server 2008 SP2
      • (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=159780) for Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Browser - IE is must , optionally try other browsers also
    
    • IE 7/8 - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263526(office.14).aspx
    • FireFox - Download from http://www.firefox.com
    • Google Chrome - Download from http://www.google.com/chrome
    • Apple Safari - Download from http://www.apple.com/safari/
  • VS.NET2010 BETA - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/dd582936.aspx
    
  • Microsoft Office
    
    • Office 2010 Professional Plus Beta - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/ee390822.aspx
    • Visio 2010 Beta - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/ee390821.aspx
    • Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010 Beta (64-bit) - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=eeda9ab1-ac53-4870-9e1c-38940343d677&displaylang=en
    • Microsoft Office Web Apps (Beta) - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=27d81b1c-18ae-4983-8e1c-224bb747eb99&displaylang=en
  • Enterprise Library 4.1 -http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=1643758B-2986-47F7-B529-3E41584B6CE5&displaylang=en
    
  • SQL Server 2008 R2 November CTP Reporting Services Add-in for Microsoft SharePoint Technologies 2010 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=164654&clcid=0x409)
    
  • Microsoft Server Speech Platform (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=179612)
    
  • Speech recognition language for English (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=179613)
    
  • Microsoft Silverlight 3 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=166506)

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Resources

• http://gj80blogtech.blogspot.com/2009/10/sharepoint-2010-resources.html
• http://gj80blogtech.blogspot.com/2009/11/microsoft-product-2010-beta-download.html
• http://blogs.msdn.com/opal/archive/2009/11/16/installation-notice-for-sharepoint-2010-public-beta.aspx
• http://blogs.architectingconnectedsystems.com/blogs/cjg/archive/2009/11/28/SharePoint-2010-_2D00_-Step-by-Step-Install.aspx
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee695756(office.14).aspx
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262485(office.14).aspx