Finally the long awaited sharepoint 2010 beta is released by microsoft. Due to busy work schedule, I did not get a chance to try the new sharepoint 2010 beta product at home.
Apart from the busy schedule, I don’t have the desktop/laptop at home with microsoft recommended configurations for installing the microsoft sharepoint 2010 beta.
To learn and get more experience on SharePoint 2010, Last week I have ordered a new dell desktop with below configurations.
| Base | Base for Formula Red front bezel |
[210-27265] |
| Processor | Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor E8400 (3 GHz, 1333FSB, 6MB) |
[213-10402] |
| Memory | 8GB (4×2GB) DDR2 800MHz SDRAM Memory |
[370-14290] |
| Keyboard | Dell(TM) USB Entry Keyboard (English) |
[580-15453] |
| Monitor | Dell(TM) IN1910N 18.5″ Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor |
[480-18151] |
| Video Card | Intel(R) GMA 3100 graphics |
[490-11439] |
| Hard Drive | 500GB SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive with Native Command Queuing |
[400-16148] |
| Floppy & Media Reader | No Floppy Drive |
[385-10722] |
| Operating System | Genuine Windows(R) 7 Home Premium 64bit (English) |
[616-10386] |
| Mouse | Dell(TM) Optical USB Mouse |
[570-10588] |
| Optical Drive | 16X DVD+/-RW with Dual Layer Write Capabilities |
[429-14505] |
| Sound Card | Integrated high definition 7.1 channel audio |
[510-10305] |
Today (03 Dec 2009), I got a chance to install the SharePoint 2010 in my new dell desktop. The installation went successfully.
Here’s the screen snapshots of Central Admin/Main Site.
Main Site
The ACS Blogs site is providing a step by step instructions to install the sharepoint 2010 beta and it is really helped me to solve few installation issues.
I will share my installation experience and issues in my next article.

