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At last I found some time to install the beta’s. Here is how it went. Of course I did not read any manual in advance . Therefor I am hopefull making obvious mistakes.

In advance I promised to use legal software only and not to use the internet browser on the server itself for safety reasons.

The first major steps are (in the correct order):

1. install Virtual PC 2004
2. install W2k3 SP1 and the latest sp’s
3. install / configure AD / DNS 
4. install Application services (including ASP.NET)
5. install .NET Framework 3.0

As expected I ran up through some issues:

• my initial virtual disk was too small (5GB is not enough, 16GB should do it) – you will get into storage problems – okay, I did at least
• WinFX is recently named .NET Framework 3.0. At first I installed the workflow prerequisites as separate installs, which was not sufficient. Just installing the framework package did the job. http://www.netfx3.com/
• the redistributalble package of .NET 3.0 is a bit hidden, but you can find it here,  scroll down to the installation section and click the link. It is the june 2006 CTP download, final release will be open for redistribution in a more easy way, I expect.
• to get the latest sp’s I did connect to the internet, because setting up a seperate WSUS server is just too much for this test, and my host machine too. Not very safe, but the host based firewall was good enough to protect me for the moment.

So far so good. My patience is under pressure, because all the rebooting is taking very long. I must say I wish my host machine had more memory. Running virtual machines is a good reason for a small investment. By now I am sitting and waiting for over 3 hours…but i am ready to start with the MOSS stuff.

end of part 1

Last week we made a log about blogging with Word 2007 beta2, now this beta is publicly available at Microsoft.

 http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/beta/overview.mspx

The requirements to run Office 2007 beta2 are :

Operating system 
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack (SP) 2 or later or Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (or higher) required
Computer and processor 
500 megahertz (MHz) processor or higher; 256 megabyte (MB) RAM or higher; DVD drive; 1 gigahertz (GHz) and 512 MB of RAM or higher is required to run Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager
Hard disk 
2 gigabyte (GB) necessary for install; a portion of this disk space will be freed after installation if the original download package is removed from the hard drive
Monitor resolution
Minimum 800×600; 1024×768 or higher recommended
Internet connection 
Broadband connection, 128 kilobits per second (Kbps) or greater, for download and activation of products
Additional components
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 with service packs, Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 or later required for Outlook 2007 users. To install Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager, you will need to first install Outlook 2007
 

Read all requirements (also for Office server) on http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/beta/sysreq.mspx