Marc Molenaar on May 21st, 2010

Please be aware that the cmdlets in the articles I posted earlier (part 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) about a PowerShell scripted installation of SP2010 might differ from the cmdlets of the RTM version!
This is the complete list of all articles about the cmdlets:
Access Services cmdlets (SharePoint Server 2010)
Backup and recovery cmdlets (SharePoint Server 2010)
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Marc Molenaar on April 14th, 2010

Resources.
This is the final post in these series about scripting a SP2010 installation with PowerShell. In this post you will find all resources/websites I used for making the PS scripts.
SP2010 Site Definitions:
http://www.toddbaginski.com/blog/archive/2009/11/20/which-sharepoint-2010-site-template-is-right-for-me.aspx
PowerShell script editor:
http://powergui.org/servlet/KbServlet/download/1983-102-2817/PowerGUI.1.9.6.1027.msi
PowerShell script execute policy:
http://www.itexperience.net/2008/07/18/file-cannot-be-loaded-because-the-execution-of-scripts-is-disabled-on-this-system-error-in-powershell/
PowerShell SharePoint cmdlets list:
http://cglessner.blogspot.com/2009/10/early-look-at-sharepoint-2010.html
SP2010 Server installation script:
http://blog.fpweb.net/powershell-script-to-install-sharepoint-2010/
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee805951(office.14).aspx (Technet script)
SP2010 prereqs download list:
http://blogs.msdn.com/opal/archive/2009/10/25/sharepoint-2010-pre-requisites-download-links.aspx
Database attach mode:
http://sharepointgeorge.com/2009/upgrading-content-database-sharepoint-2010-database-attach-method/
Configure service applications:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee704544(office.14).aspx
http://stsadm.blogspot.com/2009/12/creating-sharepoint-2010-enterprise.html (search service)
Misc:
http://blog.fpweb.net/powershell-script-to-install-sharepoint-2010/
http://stsadm.blogspot.com/ ; http://stsadm.blogspot.com/2009/10/sharepoint-2010-psconfig-and-powershell.html
http://blog.rafelo.com/2009/10/upgrading-2007-wcm-sites-to-2010-wcm.html
http://blog.rafelo.com/2009/10/sharepoint-upgrade-fundamentals-part-1.html
http://blogs.msdn.com/ekraus/archive/2009/11/06/sharepoint-2010-provisioning-a-new-farm-with-powershell.aspx

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Marc Molenaar on April 13th, 2010

Web application and site collection
The SP2010 installation that I have used for this series of posts about scripting SP2010 with PowerShell was intended to host a SP2010 internet site. That is why the next to scripts are made to configure a web application and site collection for an internet site. The parameters can also be [...]

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Marc Molenaar on April 12th, 2010

SharePoint 2010 server installation
It took a while but here is part 3 of these series about a complete PowerShell scripted SharePoint 2010 installation.
I used the script you see below. It maybe is not the nicest PS script to do this installation. On the internet I have found scripts with error handling and checking every step of [...]

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Marc Molenaar on January 13th, 2010

SharePoint Prerequisites
In this second part I’ll let you see how to install the prerequisites that are needed for a successful SharePoint 2010 installation.
In part 1 of these series you might have read that I install everything on one server. Windows 2008 R2, Active Directory and SQL 2008 R2 CTP. When you’re in the same situation [...]

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Marc Molenaar on January 11th, 2010

At the moment I’m busy investigating the installation of SharePoint 2010 through PowerShell scripting. Although I am a newbie to PowerShell I got a long way thanks to several sites on the internet. I shall list all the sources I used in the last post of this series.
In this series of posts I shall describe [...]

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Marc Molenaar on December 4th, 2009

Today I wanted to download FAST Search to have a look at it, but seeing the requirements I can not install it on my VHD. Unfortunately!
The requirements are:
Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2008 R2; Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
The requirements below apply to single server with built-in database installations and server farm [...]

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Marc Molenaar on December 3rd, 2009

There are more Microsoft 2010 (beta) products available for download.
SharePoint Foundation
SharePoint Foundation 2010 is the new version of Windows SharePoint Services.
You can download it here.
FAST Search
FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint Beta provides powerful high-end search delivered through SharePoint. It includes all the search features and integration capabilities of SharePoint Server 2010, plus the use [...]

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Marc Molenaar on November 27th, 2009

Nice slideshow about SharePoint 2010 architecture and infrastructure on the Sparked blog:
See the slideshow here.

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Marc Molenaar on November 20th, 2009

If you will be installing the SharePoint Server 2010 Public Beta on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 or Microsoft Windows 7, then you will need to download and install an update from http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?DownloadID=23806  to resolve an issue that occurs in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 when provisioning Service Applications or when accessing pages that make service [...]

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