Installing SharePoint

Even though the experience of installing SharePoint 2010 varies depending on the physical topology of the SharePoint farm that you intend to build, it is a fairly easy process. This section covers installing SharePoint on a Windows 2008 Server environment on a single machine. In addition the section also looks at the additional steps needed to install SharePoint 2010 on Windows 7. (Yes, you read it right. You can install SharePoint on Windows 7, but it should be only for learning or development purposes.)

Understanding Prerequisites and Hardware Configuration for SharePoint 2010

The first thing you need to set up before installing SharePoint 2010 is the hardware configuration and the prerequisites. The hardware requirements ...

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