how to configure SharePoint 2010 Server Farm on your Windows 7

                Today, I am going to show you how to configure SharePoint 2010 Server Farm on your Windows 7 64-bit Operating System.  As you know, there are two method available for you to install SharePoint 2010.

1.        Standalon

2.       ServerFarm

• 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.
• Using a text editor such as Notepad, open the installation configuration file, config.xml, Add this line inside the <configuration> tag

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

• 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.
•  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).

• Manually enable each of the required Windows Features. (Just remove line break  and open your cmd and past run)

start /w pkgmgr /iu:IIS-WebServerRole;IIS-WebServer;IIS-CommonHttpFeatures;^

IIS-StaticContent;IIS-DefaultDocument;IIS-DirectoryBrowsing;IIS-HttpErrors;^

IIS-ApplicationDevelopment;IIS-ASPNET;IIS-NetFxExtensibility;^

IIS-ISAPIExtensions;IIS-ISAPIFilter;IIS-HealthAndDiagnostics;^

IIS-HttpLogging;IIS-LoggingLibraries;IIS-RequestMonitor;IIS-HttpTracing;IIS-CustomLogging;IIS-ManagementScriptingTools;^

IIS-Security;IIS-BasicAuthentication;IIS-WindowsAuthentication;IIS-DigestAuthentication;^

IIS-RequestFiltering;IIS-Performance;IIS-HttpCompressionStatic;IIS-HttpCompressionDynamic;^

IIS-WebServerManagementTools;IIS-ManagementConsole;IIS-IIS6ManagementCompatibility;^

IIS-Metabase;IIS-WMICompatibility;WAS-WindowsActivationService;WAS-ProcessModel;^

WAS-NetFxEnvironment;WAS-ConfigurationAPI;WCF-HTTP-Activation;^

WCF-NonHTTP-Activation 

• -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 as shown in following screen shots

 
• Restart your computer to complete the changes that you made to windows features.
• Now Run SharePoint 2010 set up exe.  Accept the Microsoft License Terms. And you will encounter following depicted Screenshot.

• Select Server Farm and proceed with installation Step.

• After installing the setup, don’t configure SharePoint setup. Remove the tick and close the already appeared menu.

• Now, we have come to the most vital part of the process. Before that make sure Microsoft SQL 2008 R2 has been installed and configured properly.

• Now go to the Microsoft management shell 2010 and type Following Command

                                                   New-SPConfigurationDatabase

• Then, you are prompted to aske your Database Name , Database server, credintial and PassPhase. Give the detaile accordingly.
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• Wait till Management Shell Configure its data base. If you come across with any error messages check your permission level or Prerequisite Software that you have installed. You should have full permission to your account, or you will end up with errors. So, make sure to set up your permission level properly.
• Now go to the SharePoint 2010 product configuration wizard and Configure the Web Application. :-{D