Specifications

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16. Enter a passphrase into the Passphrase and Confirm Passphrase fields, and click Next.
17. Leave the default settings on the Configure SharePoint Central Administration Web Application screen, and click
Next.
18. Verify your settings, and click Next.
19. When the wizard has completed the configuration, click Finish.
20. Choose Run the farm configuration wizard on the Central Administration site.
21. Choose the services you wish to include in your server farm, and click Next.
22. Enter the specifications for the new site, and click OK.
23. Click Finish.
Preparing the SharePoint test client
For our testing, we used one physical client machine for the SharePoint client. To create this client, we installed
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, joined the client to the domain, and installed several other software components. We
followed this process for the configuration:
Installing Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Edition
1. Download vs_ultimateweb.exe from www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=12752
2. Double-click vs_ultimateweb.exe to run the installer.
3. Uncheck the box beside Yes, send information about my computer, and click Next.
4. If you see a pop-up requiring a Windows Imaging component, click the Windows Imaging Component is
Required link.
5. Click Download on the appropriate Imaging component, and choose Run.
6. Accept the EULA, and click Next.
7. Close the pop-up window.
8. Click Next.
9. Accept the EULA, review the components to be installed, and click Next.
10. Choose the Full installation and location for the install, and click Install.
11. Click Finish.
12. Reboot the machine.
13. Click StartAll ProgramsMicrosoft Visual Studio 2010Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.
14. When prompted, select General Development Settings and click Start Visual Studio.
Setting up and running WSSDW 1.0.0.0 Beta
1. Complete the following steps on the Domain Controller machine:
a. Click StartAdministrative ToolsActive Directory Users and Computers.
b. Right-click the domain name and select NewGroup.
c. Enter testdomaingroup1 for the group name.
d. Repeat steps a through c and create another group named testdomaingroup2
2. Download the following from http://sptdatapop.codeplex.com/releases/view/1141
 To the SharePoint 2010 VM
o WSS Data Population Tool RunTime.zip
o WSS Data Population Tool.chm