Microsoft has released a demo virtual machine consisting of Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 Beta. The download titled “2010 Information Worker Demonstration Virtual Machine (Beta)” is a 2 part Hyper-V based virtual machines. Note that you will need to allocate at least 6GB to the primary SP2010 VM to be able to demo and work on this. The optimal recommendations are listed on the download page. http://tinyurl.com/IWSP2010 System Requirements: Windows Server 2008 R2; Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise; Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard In order to run this demo you will need the following: - Windows Server 2008 R2 with the Hyper-V role enabled. - Drive Formatting: NTFS - Processor: Intel VT or AMD-V capable - RAM: 8 GB or more recommended - Hard disk space required for install: 50 GB. For my demo setup I use a HP 8530W EliteBook Pro Wo ...[Read More]

With the momentum growing for the next release of SharePoint there are quite a large number of pre-release (Beta) resources available now to get a head start for SharePoint 2010. Here are some of these that you can use to get started. Understanding the various versions of SharePoint 2010. – Networked world has this article titled “SharePoint 2010: A guide to the many versions - Network World” about the various options of this release. A good read if you want to determine what it is that you’d need to plan for. Operating System Requirements for SharePoint 2010 – For planning and guidance for ensuring that you are making the right choice in your hardware purchases today for SharePoint 2010. (In a nutshell SP2010 can run only in x64 capable architecture). More details are available on TechNet which will also be updated once productio ...[Read More]

It’s been a while since my last post and some of you may have thought that I’ve given up on the blog. No I haven’t and I really should not be making any excuses. On reflection last year 2009 has been a blast with some great events that occurred in my personal life and also my professional life (obviously SharePoint related) Looking ahead at 2010 there are many events that will make 2010 a fantastic year. Just on reflection working on our company Knowledge Cue since 2008 has taught me a lot about work life balance and have provided opportunities which I never thought possible. You can follow Knowledge Cue happenings on our company blog. I use this (my personal) blog to engage with the wider local and international SharePoint community to share my knowledge. This year I will be attending and in some cases presenting about SharePoint i ...[Read More]