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• Microsoft Windows Server® 2008 64-bit operating system with Service Pack 2

(SP2) or later OR Windows Server 2008 R2

• Microsoft SQL Server™ 2005 64-bit with SP2 or later or SQL Server 2008 64-bit

• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 with SP1 installed

Level 1 Internet browser options running on the Windows® operating system:

• Windows Internet Explorer® 7 32-bit

• Internet Explorer 8 32-bit

• Firefox 3.x 32-bit

Level 2 Internet browsers options:

• Internet Explorer 7 64-bit

• Internet Explorer 8 64-bit

• Firefox 3.x on non Windows operating system

• Safari 3.x

For the complete and updated list of prerequisites for installing SharePoint Server 2010,

see "Determine hardware and software requirements (SharePoint Server 2010)"

(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=166546) on the Microsoft TechNet Web site.

Installation

For administrators who have previously installed SharePoint Server, the installation

options for SharePoint Server 2010 will be familiar. In fact, a number of enhancements

help make the installation process easy for all users. To start, Microsoft has added the

prerequisite installer. Before installing SharePoint Server 2010, run the prerequisite

installer and it will scan the system to ensure that all of the components required to

deploy SharePoint (Internet Information Services, .NET Framework, and so on) have been

installed. If they haven’t, the prerequisite installer will download and install the

components needed for the SharePoint Server 2010 installation. Optionally, you can

specify that the installer pull files from a local path to avoid the trip to the Internet.

After the prerequisite components have been installed, you have two options for

installing SharePoint Server 2010: use the graphical user interface (GUI) or script the

installation by using configuration files and Windows PowerShell™. The GUI provides a

simple step-by-step process where users can specify the configuration they want. Using

Windows PowerShell is a bit more involved, but in the end it usually proves to be the