SharePoint 2010 Installation

Installation

• must be installed on 64-bit operating system.
• must be installed on Windows 2008 SP2 or R2, or later
• requires 64-bit version of SQL 2005 SP2 or 2008, or later
• reprequisite installer will download and install all required software, configure IIS and other components
• requires a farm passwphrase; needed to add or remove server from farm. Also used for encryption between farm members.
• AD Group Policy Objects can be used to block installation

Upgrade

• stsadm -o preupgradecheck; interrogates sp2007 content databases and alerts of potential roadblocks
• server
• amount of content
• search configuration
• features
• solutions
• site definitions
• alternate access mappings
• langage packs
• large lists
• orphaned data
• view and content types that use CAML
• database with modified schemas
• the check is read-only; makes no changes to any database
• powershell cmdlet test-SPContentDatabase