Create your own SharePoint Server 2010 Beta 2 Virtual Machine

Create your own SharePoint Server 2010 Beta 2 Virtual Machine – The Complete Guide

With the release of SharePoint Server 2010 beta 2, everyone wants to create their own virtual machine. However between a few hotfixes and other stuff, it may not be the most straightforward process. We at Critical Path Training have created a complete setup guide that helps you get your own environment setup. It includes the following:

Setting up a Windows Server 2008 R2 OS*
Setting up Active Directory & DNS
Setting up SQL Server 2008*
Setting up & configuring SharePoint Server 2010 Beta 2
Setting up & configuring Office 2010 Pro Plus Beta 2
Setting up & configuring Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2

Our guide walks you though each step in a ton of detail complete with screenshots along the way. Like I said, there’s tons of detail… over 40pgs worth of helpful instructions! You don’t even need licenses for things like Windows Server 2008 or SQL Server… we show you where to get the trial / evaluation editions of these products. Of course, you’re free to use your own keys and if you like.

This guide is provided for free from the members only section of our site. Login (or first create your free account) at www.CriticalPathTraining.com & click on the Members link in the primary navigation (it isn’t there when you aren’t logged in). From there you can access all our members-only content including this document (located under the articles section titled SharePoint Server Beta 2 Virtual Machine Setup Guide).

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posted on Saturday, November 28, 2009 10:22 AM

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# re: Create your own SharePoint Server 2010 Beta 2 Virtual Machine – The Complete Guide 11/28/2009 11:37 AM Mike Walsh

Is there also a direct link to the article that can be accessed by people who have not registered, and then if they register the article will appear?

I need that sort of link before I can add this to the WSS v4 FAQ's Articles section (where it would be listed with a "needs registration" addition after the title).

# re: Create your own SharePoint Server 2010 Beta 2 Virtual Machine – The Complete Guide 11/29/2009 6:49 PM Greg Burns

Actually I'm not being redirected; it's just giving me a 403 Forbidden error.

# re: Create your own SharePoint Server 2010 Beta 2 Virtual Machine – The Complete Guide 11/29/2009 10:47 PM AC [MVP MOSS]

Mike-
No... you need to login to be able to see the document. If anything, people can go to the members only download section (http://www.criticalpathtraining.com/Members)... but a direct link is not available.

# re: Create your own SharePoint Server 2010 Beta 2 Virtual Machine – The Complete Guide 11/29/2009 10:47 PM AC [MVP MOSS]

Greg-
You need to login first...

# re: Create your own SharePoint Server 2010 Beta 2 Virtual Machine – The Complete Guide 11/29/2009 11:02 PM Amrish Tandon

Hey AC,

A great document. I ran through the steps and everything ran great to the point where I am trying to create the configuration DB and the central admin site using the Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard. I have entered all the information for creating the database configuration and I get the following error:

An error has occurred while validating the configuration settings. An exception of type System.ArgumentNullException was thrown. Additional exception information: The errorData argument cannot be null or zero length. Parameter name: errorData

Any ideas...

# re: Create your own SharePoint Server 2010 Beta 2 Virtual Machine – The Complete Guide 1/13/2010 9:35 AM Stephen cawood

I wrote about my experience using this guide:

geeklit.blogspot.com/.../...10-beta-2-install.html

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