I recently used the AutoSPInstaller from Codeplex to install SharePoint 2010. While the documentation for using it was pretty good, I found that it didn't quite cover everything and that I changed some things. Don't get me wrong, I may have done some things wrong but here's what I did.Follow Steps 1-5 in the link. It covers:Extracting the SharePoint 2010 isoAdding the prerequisite files (here's a list I used)ADONETDataServices_v15_CTP2_RuntimeOnly.exedotnetfx35.exeFilterPack32bit.exeFilterPack64bit.exeiis7psprov_x64.msiMSChart.exeMSSpeech_SR_en-US_TELE.msirsSharePoint.msiSpeechPlatformRuntime.msisqlncli.msiSQLSERVER2008_ASADOMD10.msiSynchronization.msiWindows6.0-KB968930-x64.msuWindows6.0-KB974405-x64.msuWindows6.0-KB976394-x64.msuWindows6.1-KB974405-x64.msuWindows6.1-KB976462-v2-x64.msuAdding updates (which is where I added the SP1 to slipstream it)Accounts1.       Make sure that you have each of these AD accounts created:a.       Farm Accountb.      Service Accountc.       Crawl Accountd.      Search AccountPrepare the... [Read More]

Sometimes SharePoint overwhelms me and so I track some of the cool or hard stuff that I do and capture it here. This is once such instance. This morning we needed to create a new site collection where we wanted to house all of our team sites. The purpose of this was to put the site collection in a different database. Sounds simple enough right? Problem is you can't just create or even select a new content database when creating a new site collection.So off to PowerShell we go. Now we need to create the content database first and here... [Read More]

Ok, so I think I've tried like 30 times to start writing a blog and it never seems to pan out. Here's # 31.I've recently started interacting with SharePoint 2010. My first interaction with SharePoint was in 2003 and to say the least I was not impressed. Things didn't seem to always work. I even found at once point that it worked differently in Windows 2000 than in XP. Fast forward to 2011. I saw a demo in the last 6 months of SharePoint 2010 and had the opportunity at work to be part of a team that would work on implementing... [Read More]