Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Where is the Intranet Collaboration Template in SharePoint 2010

by Fabian Williams

Synopsis

So I am on a client site this week yet again and I am doing an Envisioning, ADS, and a SharePoint Intranet Base Install.  Now that I am about to talk Taxonomy and Information Architecture, we touched on just having a few sites to begin with so they are not overwhelmed,  but more importantly I only have a limited time on this project and there are quick wins that I can have by using that old Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) templates called “Intranet Publishing Portal Template” which was under the Publishing Tab for Creating Sites. Now in SharePoint Server 2010 that Template is not in the GUI under that Tab, however you can get to it and provision a site using that Template using PowerShell

Disclaimer

I have seen a few conversations by folks in the community that I have great respect for taking the position of both using that Template for provisioning new sites in the SharePoint 2010 world v/s NOT using that Template and rather using the newer templates on Microsoft SharePoint 2010
Microsoft does have some guidance on it on the Technet Planning Sheet Sites
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262410.aspx
Pay attention to the last paragraph on the page which reads in part…
“Some Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 site templates, such as the site directory, news, and collaboration portal templates, are not available as an option in SharePoint Server 2010…These templates are also still available as options in the UI if the SharePoint Server 2010 farm is upgraded from Office SharePoint Server 2007. Otherwise use the social tagging features in SharePoint Server 2010 to get much of the functionality provided in these templates”

How To

SO here we go…
If you are provisioning a Site Collection for an Intranet Site in SharePoint 2010 “I have seen” where folks use Templates out of the Tabs of either of the below two screenshots below. There are several food for thought as to using one over the other; one way is to start out with a Blank Site and just activate the features you need accordingly.
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New SharePoint Site
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New SharePoint Site

Powershell to the Rescue

So you can, with three (3) commands gain access to the Template that you had in MOSS, see below for the command and execution
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Just to Verify; run the following command and look 9 from the bottom
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To actually provision the site you need to run yet another PowerShell command as indicated below which identifies the template of choice with the other parameters needed.
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And BoooYaaaH you have your Intranet Collaboration Site Created in SharePoint 2010 with all the starter sites at your disposal.
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In Closing

Remember I told you. Microsoft does not have this in the GUI for whatever reasons which means that I did above is probably unsupported or has issues buried somewhere, or maybe not. The truth of the matter is that I dont know.
Use at your own risk
I welcome any questions, comments, rants :-)

Cheers!

SharePoint 2010 - Which Site Template Is Right For my Intranet?



When MOSS 2007 came out I created a blog post very similar to this one.  It turned out to be one of my most popular posts and I received many comments and private emails thanking me for putting the post together.  Since the post helped out so many folks I decided to create an updated version for SharePoint 2010.

SharePoint 2010 ships with many predefined site templates you may use to create site collections and sub sites. Sometimes the out of the box site templates will meet the needs of your project. Other times, the out of the box site templates may need to be enhanced.
Knowing which site template has the functionality you need to deploy, or use as a baseline for a custom site definition, is one of the key decisions you make when you architect a SharePoint deployment. This being said, it is important to understand the templates SharePoint 2010 comes with out of the box and what sub sites, lists and pages they support.
This post outlines the site templates SharePoint 2010 comes with out of the box and what sub sites, lists and pages they support.  As usual, I’ve documented several useful pieces of information developers will find handy when working with the out of the box SharePoint site templates.
If you install Silverlight on your machine you’ll be presented with a fancy new interface to create sites (shown below).  As you can see, SharePoint 2010 offers some guidance when creating new sites by providing descriptions and preview images for each out of the box template. However, not all of the descriptions list which resources the site comes provisioned with and the preview images are no help at all. See the image below, I think you will agree.
site creation screen
To better understand the inventory of out of the box site templates, I created a site collection based on each out of the box site template. After creating 29 different site collections (that’s 6 more than MOSS 2007 if you are keeping track) I realized it would be hard to remember what each one looks like and what resources they offer. So, I decided to take some screenshots and document the site templates.

Preview Images

If you care to see what all of the preview images look like, you can find them in the following directory on your SharePoint server:
C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft Sharedweb server extensions14TEMPLATELAYOUTS1033IMAGES
The file names for the preview images corresponding to each site template are listed in the tables below.

A More Detailed Look

If you care to see what each of the home pages for the site templates look like you can download screenshots of each and every site template in this zip file. The screenshots should provide you with a good understanding of the different layouts that come with each out of the box template.  This should save you a lot of time creating each type of site template on your own machine!
Here’s an example, showing the new Business Intelligence Center; oh how fancy!
Business Intelligence Center

Important planning information related to the out of the box site Templates!

Available Sub Site Templates

The next table lists the WEBTEMP XML fragment files each site template and configuration are defined in, the concatenated template and configuration string you need when making sites with the site template programmatically, and the file name of the preview image. If you wish to change the out of the box preview images I recommend backup up the existing preview images, then replacing them with your new preview images that have the same file names. Feel free to use the images I created from screenshots of each site template’s out of the box home page to do so. You can download them here.
Note: You may have to perform this process again after a service pack is applied in the future. Editing the various WEBTEMP files that come out of the box is not a recommended approach; that’s why I recommend this approach.
As I mentioned before, knowing which sub sites, lists, and pages are available within a given site template are key peices of information you will want to know when you architect a SharePoint solution.  The table below displays which sub site templates are available for a given parent site template.
Select a site template to filter the table:

Available Sub Site Templates Site Definition Config Concatenated String Preview Image Name Defined in this WEBTEMP File
Team Site STS 0 STS#0 stts.png WEBTEMP.XML
Blank Site STS 1 STS#1 stbs.png WEBTEMP.XML
Document Workspace STS 2 STS#2 stdw.png WEBTEMP.XML
Blog BLOG 0 BLOG#0 stbg.png WEBTEMP.XML
Group Work Site SGS 0 SGS#0 stgb.png WEBTEMP.XML
Visio Process Repository VISPRUS 1 VISPRUS#0 custprev.png WEBTEMPVISPR.XML
Basic Meeting Workspace MPS 0 MPS#0 stmw.png WEBTEMP.XML
Blank Meeting Workspace MPS 1 MPS#1 stbm.png WEBTEMP.XML
Decision Meeting Workspace MPS 2 MPS#2 stdm.png WEBTEMP.XML
Social Meeting Workspace MPS 3 MPS#3 stsm.png WEBTEMP.XML
Multipage Meeting Workspace MPS 4 MPS#4 stmm.png WEBTEMP.XML
Assets Web Database ACCSRV 1 ACCSRV#1 WEBTEMPACCSRV.XML
Charitable Contributions Web Database ACCSRV 3 ACCSRV#3 WEBTEMPACCSRV.XML
Contacts Web Database ACCSRV 4 ACCSRV#41 WEBTEMPACCSRV.XML
Issues Web Database ACCSRV 6 ACCSRV#6 WEBTEMPACCSRV.XML
Projects Web Database ACCSRV 5 ACCSRV#5 WEBTEMPACCSRV.XML
Document Center BDR 7 BDR#0 preview.png WEBTEMPBDR.EN-US.XML
Records Center OFFILE 1 OFFILE#1 strc.png WEBTEMPOFFILE.XML
Business Intelligence Center BICenterSite 0 BICenterSite#0 bicenterlogo.png WEBTEMPPPSMA.XML
My Site Host SPSMSITEHOST 0 SPSMSITEHOST#0 perstemp.gif WEBTEMPSPS.XML
Personalization Site SPSMSITE 0 SPSMSITE#0 stps.png WEBTEMPSPS.XML
Enterprise Search Center SRCHCEN 0 SRCHCEN#0 template_srch_cntr.png WEBTEMPSPS.XML
Basic Search Center SRCHCENTERLITE 0 SRCHCENTERLITE#0 template_srch_cntr_lite.png WEBTEMPSRCH.XML
FAST Search Center SRCHCENTERFAST 0 SRCHCENTERFAST#0 template_srch_cntr_lite.png WEBTEMPSRCH.XML
Enterprise Wiki ENTERWIKI 0 ENTERWIKI#0 IPPT.gif WEBTEMPSPS.XML
Publishing Portal BLANKINTERNETCONTAINER 0 BLANKINTERNETCONTAINER#0 IPPT.gif WEBTEMPSPS.XML
Publishing Site CMSPUBLISHING 0 CMSPUBLISHING#0 stpb.png WEBTEMPSPS.XML
Publishing Site With Workflow BLANKINTERNET 2 BLANKINTERNET#2 stpw.png WEBTEMPSPS.XML

New Site Templates

The following site templates are new to SharePoint 2010.
Group Work Site
Visio Process Repository
Assets Web Database
Charitable Contributions Web Database
Contacts Web Database
Issues Web Database
Projects Web Database
Business Intelligence Center
Enterprise Search Center
Basic Search Center
FAST Search Center
Enterprise Wiki

Deprecated / Removed Site Templates

The following site templates are deprecated or removed in SharePoint 2010.
Wiki Site
Site Directory
Report Center
Search Center with Tabs
Search Center
Collaboration Portal
News Site

Available Lists

Similarly, the table below displays which lists are available for a given site template.
Select a site template to filter the table:

Available Lists
Asset Library
Dashboards Library
Data Connection Library
Document Library
Form Library
Picture Library
Process Diagram Library (US Units)
Report Library
Slide Library
Translation Management
Wiki Page Library
Agenda
Announcements
Calendar
Circulations
Contacts
Custom List
Custom List in Datasheet View
Decisions
Discussion Board
External List
Import Spreadsheet
Issue Tracking
Languages and Translators
Links
Microsoft IME Dictionary List
Objectives
PerformancePoint Content List
Project Tasks
Status List
Survey
Tabs List
Tasks
Text Box
Things To Bring
Administrator Tasks
Distribution Groups

Available Pages

Finally, the table below displays which types of pages are available to create within a given site template.
Select a site template to filter the table:

Content Page Publishing Page Web Part Page
Yes No Yes
Yes Yes Yes
No No No

Buried Treasure: Hidden Templates!

Many of the site templates listed in the following table are left over from the previous versions of SharePoint and are marked obsolete. However some of them may be created programmatically. I included the list of all the hidden site templates here for reference.
Hidden site templates (not including Global template or Central Administration):
Site Template Name Site Definition Configuration Concatenated String Preview Image Name Defined in this WEBTEMP File
Wiki Site WIKI 0 WIKI#0 wikiprev.png WEBTEMP.XML
Tenant Admin Site TENANTADMIN 0 TENANTADMIN#0 WEBTEMP.XML
Access Services Site ACCSRV 0 ACCSRV#0 bsprev.png WEBTEMPACCSRV.XML
(obsolete) Records Center OFFILE 0 OFFILE#0 strc.png WEBTEMPOFFILE.XML
Shared Services Administration Site OSRV 0 OSRV#0 WEBTEMPOSRV.XML
PerformancePoint PPMASite 0 OSRV#0 rchome.png WEBTEMPOSRV.XML
SharePoint Portal Server Site SPS 0 SPS#0 spshome.gif WEBTEMPSPS.XML
SharePoint Portal Server Personal Space SPSPERS 0 SPSPERS#0 perstemp.gif WEBTEMPSPS.XML
Contents Area Template SPSTOC 0 SPSTOC#0 spshome.gif WEBTEMPSPS.XML
Topic Area Template SPSTOPIC 0 SPSTOPIC#0 spshome.gif WEBTEMPSPS.XML
News Site SPSNEWS 0 SPSNEWS#0 spshome.gif WEBTEMPSPS.XML
Publishing Site BLANKINTERNET 0 BLANKINTERNET#0 stpb.png WEBTEMPSPS.XML
Press Releases Site BLANKINTERNET 1 BLANKINTERNET#1 stpb.png WEBTEMPSPS.XML
News Site SPSNHOME 0 SPSNHOME#0 template_news.png WEBTEMPSPS.XML
Site Directory SPSSITES 0 SPSSITES#0 template_site_dir.png WEBTEMPSPS.XML
Community Area Template SPSCOMMU 0 SPSCOMMU#0 spshome.gif WEBTEMPSPS.XML
Report Center SPSREPORTCENTER 0 SPSREPORTCENTER#0 strp.png WEBTEMPSPS.XML
Collaboration Portal SPSPORTAL 0 SPSPORTAL#0 WEBTEMPSPS.XML
Profiles PROFILES 0 PROFILES#0 WEBTEMPSPS.XML
Basic Search Center SRCHCENTERLITE 1 SRCHCENTERLITE#1 template_srch_center_lite.png WEBTEMPOSRV.XML

Leverage this information to create SharePoint sites programmatically

The concatenated template and configuration string is used when creating sites programmatically. See the last line of code below for an example.
//Create a new SPSite object corresponding to your top level site
SPSite newSite = new SPSite("http://dev");
 
//Create a new SPWeb object from the newSite object
SPWeb newWeb = newSite.OpenWeb();
 
//Return the collection of sub sites
SPWebCollection subSites = newWeb.Webs;
 
//Create a new sub site by adding it to the sub site collection
//The new site will have the following metadata:
//Full URL once created: http://dev/newsite
//Name: New Site
//Description: This is the description for my new site.
//Local ID set to 1033 – English
//Site Template: Team Site
//Use Unique Permissions: True
SPWeb newSubWeb = subSites.Add("newsite", "New Site", "This is the description for my new site.", 1033, "STS#0", true, false);

Once again, I hope this post comes in handy for you and saves you the time I spent digging through the SharePoint file system and creating dozens of SharePoint sites to find the information. All the information in this post comes from the public beta 2 version of SharePoint Server 2010.  I’ll update this post once SharePoint 2010 goes RTM.

Tuesday, November 02, 2010

SharePoint 2007 Usage Reports

For the past few weeks I was trying to develop some custom reports to track SharePoint site usage. The built-in reports show only the current statistics. But if someone wants to view old statistics there is no way that person can generate a report.
I started by going through the MOSS object model to find out some method where I can generate these reports easily. Then I found SPWeb.GetUsageData method. But it was giving enough problems and I decided to look for some other mean.
Finally I end up with a happy solution. It was so easy, you just connect to SharePoint shared services database and it has all the tables and views you need to generate the reports.



SharePoint Shared Services database



Available views



All the tables starting with ‘ANL’ contains site usage data.

I simply wrote few queries and developed required reports using SSRS. Or even you can use any reporting tool which is available in the market. Since I used SSRS I simply published it into a SharePoint site.
Following is a sample query I wrote to view the most popular documents in a SharePoint site.

SELECT ANLResource.DocName, COUNT_BIG(*) AS HitCount
FROM ANLResourceHits INNER JOIN
ANLWeb ON ANLResourceHits.WebGuid = ANLWeb.WebGuid INNER JOIN
ANLResource ON ANLResourceHits.ResourceId = ANLResource.ResourceId
WHERE (CHARINDEX(‘.aspx’, ANLResource.DocName) = 0) AND (CHARINDEX(‘.swf’,
ANLResource.DocName) = 0)
GROUP BY ANLResource.DocName
ORDER BY HitCount DESC

article from Kolitha de Silva's blog!

Monday, November 01, 2010

Installing SharePoint Designer 2007 and 2010

Nope, SharePoint designer 2010 is not supporting backward compatibility. It won't support Windows SharePoint Services v3 or earlier versions. The answer is... yes, SharePoint designer 2010 only works for SharePoint 2010. I think this news is hard for all of us, but this will bring some good times as well.

Because in this way, MS will build very good version of product without carrying any historical "sins" along. By taking this as the advantage they will only concentrate on the SharePoint 2010 support and will make really a very good product. So, how to get the support for SharePoint 2007 sites? Is there no other way to edit the earlier version sites? I know this is the question in your mind now.
 
Don't fear. There is an option. By thinking these questions in mind, the SharePoint designer team is developing the software/product to install the designer side by side. So, you can install the SharePoint designer side by side the both versions on the same machine without having any issues. So, this will solve all the problems. If any site which is of earlier than SharePoint 2010 you can use SharePoint Designer 2007, for SharePoint 2010 you can use SharePoint designer 2010.

Are there any requirements for side by side installation? Yes, it has some requirements. You know a big change from previous version to current version is bit [32 bit vs 64 bit]. As SharePoint Designer 2007 is came only on 32-bit[x86], you will only install SharePoint Designer 2010[X86] 32 bit version side by side on a server. And if you install SharePoint Designer 64-bit on a server which has installed 32-bit MS Office, then it won’t give good result. More about 32bit vs 64bit architecture decisions in office 2010 can be read at http://blogs.technet.com/b/office2010/archive/2010/02/23/understanding-64-bit-office.aspx.

So, pay attention whilst installing the SPD and install everything of same version only.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

SharePoint 2010 - Performance and capacity management

Hi guys,

a real timesaver when you re planning (and operating) a new SharePOint 2010 environment. If everyone would be following these guidelines, I would have 50% less work in terms of SharePoint trouble-shooting as a Lead SharePoint Architect/ Consultant...

SOURCE: Technet (link) - Performance and capacity planning is the process of mapping your solution design for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 to a farm size and set of hardware that will support your business goals.


The articles in this section include:
Capacity management and sizing for SharePoint Server 2010
This article walks you through the process of determining the hardware requirements for a single farm, and provides an overview of the planning process.

SharePoint Server 2010 capacity management: Software boundaries and limits
This article provides a starting point for planning the performance and capacity of your system. This article includes performance and capacity testing results and guidelines for acceptable performance.

Performance and capacity technical case studies (SharePoint Server 2010)
This article provides links to key technical case study articles that contain performance and capacity details for specific environments running SharePoint Server 2010.

Performance and capacity test results and recommendations (SharePoint Server 2010)
This article provides links to articles that provide test results and recommendations for specific feature sets in SharePoint Server 2010.

Storage and SQL Server capacity planning and configuration (SharePoint Server 2010)
This article describes a process for planning storage and SQL Server capacity for a SharePoint Server 2010 deployment.


The following resources can also be helpful for capacity planning:

Hardware and software requirements (SharePoint Server 2010)

Technical diagrams:
- Topologies for SharePoint Server 2010
- Search Architectures for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
- Design Search Architectures for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
- Search Environment Planning for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010


To download these models, see Technical diagrams (SharePoint Server 2010).

Thursday, October 21, 2010

SharePoint version table

SharePoint 2010

This table shows the version and build numbers for SPF 2010.
Build Number Version String
4514 Beta 2
4730 RC1
4755 RTM / official release
5114 Hotfix Update June 2010
5123 Cumulative Update August 2010

Latest Version: RTM (SPF); CU August 2010 (SPF, SPS, SPS /w PS)
Note: All updates are standalone. There is no need for installing SPF before SPS or SPS with Project Server.

SharePoint 2007

This table shows the version and build numbers for WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007.
The version of the current installation can easily be looked up in the Central Administration: Operations > Topology and Services > Servers in farm.
Build Number Version String
4518 RTM / first release
6219 Service Pack 1
6318 Infrastructure Update
6327 Cumulative Update October 2008
6335 Cumulative Update December 2008
6341 Cumulative Update February 2009
6421 Service Pack 2
6504 Cumulative Update April 2009
6510 Cumulative Update June 2009
6520 Cumulative Update October 2009
6524 Cumulative Update December 2009
6529 Cumulative Update February 2010
6535 Cumulative Update April 2010
6539 Cumulative Update Juni 2010
6545 Cumulative Update August 2010
Latest Version: Service Pack 2 (English, German); CU August 2010 (WSS, MOSS)
Note: Install WSS update before updating MOSS

Friday, October 08, 2010

Sharepoint 2010, Project Server 2010, Office 2010 - Information Worker Demonstration and Evaluation Virtual Machine (RTM)

What else could you wish for than pre-installed & pre-populated testing environment?

Well, a set of registration keys unfortunately... latter is something you will have to provide by yourself, but Microsoft took care of our endless installation hours by providing us SharePoint 2010, Office 2010, and Project Server 2010 preinstalled machine with separate AD virtual machine.

Simply login to the Virtual Machines using the Virtual Machine Console as the following user:


•User: administrator
•Password: pass@word1
•Domain: CONTOSO


PLEASE NOTE:
The Virtual Machines contained in this package are 180 day evaluations.
Here is what MS Download service offers you (accessed Sep-2010):

Link to MS page is http://bit.ly/SharePoint2010_Virtual-Machine

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2010 Information Worker Demonstration and Evaluation Virtual Machine (RTM) Brief Description

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This download contains a two Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Virtual Machine set for evaluating and demonstrating Office 2010, SharePoint 2010 and Project Server 2010.

On this page



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Quick Details

Overview

System Requirements

Instructions Files in this Download



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File Name:
Size:
Download files below
2010-7 External\2010-7b.part01.exe
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2010-7 External\2010-7b.part04.rar
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2010-7 External\2010-7b.part05.rar
534.5MB
2010-7 External\2010-7b.sfv
1KB
2010-7 External\Virtual Machine Setup Guide.docx
248KB
2010-7a.part01.exe
700.0MB
2010-7a.part02.rar
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2010-7a.part03.rar
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Quick Details


Version:
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Date Published:
6/16/2010
Language:
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Version:TBDDate Published:6/16/2010Language:EnglishOverview



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Virtual machine “a” contains the following pre-configured software:





1.Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Evaluation Edition x64, running as an Active Directory Domain Controller for the “CONTOSO.COM” domain with DNS and WINS

2.Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition with Analysis, Notification, and Reporting Services

3.Microsoft Office Communication Server 2007 R2

4.Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

5.Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise Edition

6.Microsoft Office Web Applications

7.Microsoft FAST Search for SharePoint 2010

8.Microsoft Project Server 2010

9.Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010

10.Microsoft Visio 2010

11.Microsoft Project 2010

12.Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2





Virtual machine “b” contains the following pre-configured software:



1.Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Evaluation Edition x64, joined to the “CONTOSO.COM” domain

2.Microsoft Exchange Server 2010



Active directory has been preconfigured over 200 “demo” users with metadata in an organizational structure. All of these user profiles have been imported and indexed for search within SharePoint Server 2010.



SharePoint Server 2010 has been configured in a “Complete” farm using the default SQL Server 2008 R2 instance. A default site has been created using the Team Site template at http://intranet.contoso.com/ and a FAST Search Center at http://intranet.contoso.com/search/.



As shipped virtual machine “a” requires image “b” for email. Running image "b" is optional.



Akamai Download Manager Links: Please use the following links to download this package using Akamai Download Manager. This allows for pausing and resuming downloads & faster downloads.





•Virtual Machine 2010-7a parts 1-12

•Virtual Machine 2010-7a parts 13-20, SFV & Setup Guide

•Virtual Machine 2010-7b

Top of pageSystem Requirements



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•Supported Operating Systems:Windows Server 2008 R2



Additionally you will need:

•Windows Server 2008 R2 with the Hyper-V role enabled.

•Drive Formatting: NTFS

•Processor: Intel VT or AMD-V capable

•RAM: 8 GB or more recommended

•Hard disk space required for install: 50 GB

Top of pageInstructions



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Please refer to the included "Virtual Machine Setup Guide.docx" document for full setup instructions.



Download the companion SharePoint 2010 Walkthrough Guide.



Setting up Hyper-V:





1.Install the Hyper-V role on your Windows Server 2008 R2 host (See: TechNet: Hyper-V)

2.Extract the VM images by running the self-extracting executable "2010-7a.part01.exe" and "2010-7b.part01.exe"

3.Open Hyper-V Manager

4.Under Actions, click Virtual Network Manager…

5.Choose New virtual network in the Virtual Networks pane

6.Choose Internal from the type list and click Add

7.Enter a name of Internal and click OK

8.Close the Virtual Network Manager dialog.



Importing the Virtual Machine:



Due to the activation and expiration models in Windows Server 2008 and R2, it’s highly recommended that you do one of the following: Retain a copy of the unaltered VM or, Create and retain a snapshot from before first run of the VMs.





1.In Hyper-V Manager, under Actions, click Import Virtual Machine

2.Use the Browse button to select the folder where the virtual machine package was extracted.

3.Click Import and wait for the Import to complete – the import status will appear in the Operations column

4.Select the newly imported virtual machine and click Settings in the right pane of the Hyper-V Manager

5.Confirm (and correct if necessary) that the Network Adapter is connected to the Internal network from the steps above

6.Close the virtual machine Settings dialog.



Starting the VM:





1.Return to or start the Hyper-V Manager

2.Select the “a” Virtual Machine

3.Click Start

4.Click Connect – a Virtual Machine Connection window should appear

5.Wait for the VM to boot up and reach the login screen.

6.Start the “b” Virtual Machine (optional)

7.Select the “b” Virtual Machine

8.Click Start

9.Click Connect – a Virtual Machine Connection window should appear

10.Log in to the VM Image. (password below). Note: The Virtual Machine Connection uses Ctrl-Alt-Home instead of the normal Ctrl-Alt-Del sequence for login.



Login to the Virtual Machines using the Virtual Machine Console as the following user:





•User: administrator

•Password: pass@word1

•Domain: CONTOSO



Evaluation Period:



The Virtual Machines contained in this package are 180 day evaluations. Additionally they will require activation, or re-arming, after a 10 day period after which they will shut down after 2 hours of continuous operation. To "re-arm" the Virtual Machines use the shortcut provided under Start > All Programs > re-arm > Re-arm Windows (restart required). This will reset the grace period for 10 days. This can be done twice. In order to activate Windows you must add a second network card to each VM in Hyper-V and connect it to the Internet. Once connected you can activate Windows within the Virtual Machine and the VM will run for 180 days.



CRC Checks: Included are two SFV files. These can be used to check the integrity of your download using an SFV checking tool. If you encounter an CRC error while unpacking the VMs please check your download using these SFV files & then re-download the files that were corrupted.