Setting Up the Development Environment for SharePoint 2010 on Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008:

Install following software's

1 SQL Server

2 sharepoint server 2010

3. VS2010

4.Sharepoint designer

5. Language Packs

In any development environment, you should use a computer with an x64-capable CPU, and at least 2 gigabytes (GB) of RAM to install and run SharePoint Foundation; 4 GB of RAM is preferable. You should use a computer with 4 GB of RAM to install and run SharePoint Server; 6 GB to 8 GB of RAM is preferable

Step1: Install windows 7 (64 bit) OS or vista, windows server2008R2 (64 bit)

Step 2: Install the Prerequisites for SharePoint 2010

Extract the installation files in that à files folder à setup folderà config file.

Using a text editor such as Notepad, open the installation configuration file, config.xml, located in the following path: c:\SharePointFiles\files\Setup\config.xml

Add this line inside the <configuration> tag:

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<compilation  optimizeCompilations="true"/>

 

<Setting Id="AllowWindowsClientInstall" Value="True"/>

Paste in this  code

<Configuration>

  <Package Id="sts">

    <Setting Id="SETUPTYPE" Value="CLEAN_INSTALL" />

  </Package>

  <DATADIR Value="%CommonProgramFiles%\Microsoft Shared\Web Server

   Extensions\14\Data" />

  <Logging Type="verbose" Path="%temp%" Template="Microsoft Windows

   SharePoint Services 4.0 Setup *.log" />

  <PIDKEY Value="PIDKey Value" />

  <Setting Id="UsingUIInstallMode" Value="1" />

  <Setting Id="SETUP_REBOOT" Value="Never" />

à  <Setting Id="AllowWindowsClientInstall" Value="True"/>

</Configuration>

  All of the text in this configuration file is case-sensitive. If you do not edit the configuration file as described in the previous step or if you do not save the configuration file, when you try to run the installation you see the error message shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. Setup is unable to proceed error message

  If you are using Windows Vista Service Pack 1 or Windows Vista Service Pack 2, you must install the following prerequisites:

• .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
• Windows PowerShell 2.0
• Windows Installer 4.5 Redistributable

·  If you are using Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Windows Vista Service Pack 2, or Windows 7, install the following additional prerequisites:

• Microsoft FilterPack 2.0. At a command prompt, type the following:

·         c:\SharePointFiles\PrerequisiteInstallerFiles\FilterPack\FilterPack.msi

• Microsoft Sync Framework
• SQL Server Native Client
• Windows Identity Foundation (Windows6.1-KB974405-x64.msu)
• Chart Controls (this is not required if you are going to install SharePoint Foundation 2010).
• SQL Server Analysis Services - ADOMD.Net (this is not required if you are going to install SharePoint Foundation 2010).

Step 3:

Verify that the required Windows Features are enabled. The command in the previous step enables all of the required features in the Internet Information Services section of the Windows Features dialog box (which you can access through the Programs section in Control Panel). Use Figure 2 and Figure 3 to check that you have enabled all of the required Windows Features. If any features are missing in your operating system, return to the Internet Information Services section of the Windows Features dialog box and enable them.

àRestart your computer to complete the changes that you made to Windows Features.

Step 3: Install SharePoint 2010

To install SharePoint Server 2010 or SharePoint Foundation 2010, open a Command Prompt window, and then type the following at the command prompt:

c:\SharePointFiles\Setup.exe

Accept the Microsoft Software License Terms.

On the Choose the installation you want page, click Standalone to install everything on one developer workstation