Is it possible to run a sharepoint server without hyper-v? I am using visual studio 2010 and cannot create a sharepoint project as i have no sharepoint server. I have discovered that on windows 8, the sharepoint server has to be installed on a virtual machine. I cannot enable hyper-v as i do not have windows pro. Is it possible to enable hyper-v without windows pro or use another VM?
Help would be appreciated.
You could probably use VirtualBox (http://virtualbox.org) which is free and spin up a VM and you should be able to access it locally to develop to. You may consider installing Visual Studio on the VM itself to avoid having to configure remote debugging.
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I am new to Hyper-V and Server Core but I am stumped as to how to install a guest OS from an ISO using only PowerShell.
I have downloaded the Hyper-V Server ISO and installed it on my server. It only installs Server Core and does not give me the option for a full GUI option. I configured its network settings, etc and all looks ok. So Server Core installed properly and Hyper-V feature is enabled. I can use PowerShell to create a VM with VHDX and link my Guest OS ISO to it. When I start the VM there is no console UI to install the OS.
How are you supposed to install a guest OS with no console interface to setup the OS?
Note, there is no option under this configuration to enable the OS GUI as some posts have suggested.
First, please don't confuse "Server Core" with "Hyper-V Server". "Server Core" is an installation mode of Windows. Among other things, it can be converted to GUI mode, which is why people keep telling you to just turn the GUI on. Hyper-V Server looks like Server Core but it is not Server Core.
For your actual problem, you're not going to find a simple out-of-the-box solution. You could work up a complete unattended installation process. You could set up a Windows Deployment Services server and have it install via PXE boot. I think some of the third-party Hyper-V management solutions allow you to connect to the console of a VM from within the local Hyper-V Server.
Hyper-V Server was designed with headless operation in mind. It was expected that you would use it to configure and perform maintenance on the management operating system and, if desired, the virtual machines as containers. The guest operating systems themselves were not really meant to be managed from within Hyper-V Server. What it's expected that you'll do is use a full GUI, whether another copy of Windows Server or a Windows desktop operating system running Remote Server Administration Tools to remotely connect to Hyper-V Server and manage its VMs.
Is there anyway to develop sharepoint projects without having sharepoint server installed locally. I have a sharepoint server running at my work and vs2010 installed locally. I want to be able to test my projects on the server.
You develop them locally but without SharePoint installed you cant test them. Microsoft Offers no free version of SharePoint Server, so you have to be able to use a licensed copy of SharePoint to test on it. I just use a Remote Desktop Connection to connect to my DEV machine that has SP installed on and Visual Studio. I then develop my app then test, and then it gets deployed to our SharePoint Farm.
Yes, it is possible. You just need to build wsp and then deploy it on a SharePoint server. I hope, this links will help you:
Creating a SharePoint Solution Package (.wsp) in 5 steps
WSPBuilder (SharePoint WSP tool)
Installation and Deployment of a Farm Solution in SharePoint 2010
Is it possible that can I use Sharepoint server as development machine also. My mananger has asked me to use one of the newly purchased server for Sharepoint server as well as sharepoint development.
In future we will do some small development so what type of installation do I need?
Please guide me for the following which one I should install or which one is not required.
Standalone or Farms
VM
SQL Server 2008
VS 2010
SharePoint 2010 can run on a 64-Bit Windows 7, as per instructions from Microsoft.
It does not work on 32 Bit Windows as SharePoint 2010 is 64-Bit only, and it does not work on Vista.
Yes, it is possible to use your SharePoint server as a development machine. I'd suggest using a VM as it allows you to quickly and easily switch between, revert and deploy setups should something go wrong (and things WILL go wrong with SharePoint).
At work, my machine runs Win Server 2008 and I remote into a Hyper-V hosted VM which itself runs Server 2008 - I develop and run SP on that VM. Since I have SP, SQL Server and VS2010 all running on it at the same time, I allocate the VM at least 5.5 GB of memory (and it's still hungry for more).
You can develop for SharePoint 2010 on a Windows 2008 Server x64 or on a Windows 7 64bit. A Windows 7 is of course only recommended for development.
Most developers use a standalone machine for their SharePoint 2010 development. Creating a farm is complex and $$.
Personally I develop in virtual machines. I have on clean vm image that I copy for every new project (client). You need a powerful computer to run these virtual machines. At least 4GB memory and a recent multicore cpu.
You will need Visual Studio 2010, SQL server and ofcourse SharePoint. Office can also be handy but is not needed. SQl server express is included in Visual Studio and the SharePoint install also installs SQl server if needed. Certain Visual Studio versions include an "SQL server developer" license.
I will need a Sharepoint Server 2010 install for learning purposes.. I already have a Win 7 x64 os installation with vs2010 and I use it for my current development needs.
The question is ... would you recommend to install sharepoint onto an existing win 7 installation, create a separate OS instance (win7 or win 2008 r2?) for sharepoint development purposes or maybe create a VM for that? I have 4GBs of ram and I wont be able to extend it.
What are your experiences with dev environments for sharepoint 2010? I remember that 2007 was a real resource hog - maybe there is a 'magical' switch that allows sharepoint 2010 related services to be turned off?
If you thought SharePoint 2007 is a resource hog, SharePoint 2010 is even worse. The full installation creates lots of Windows services and IIS application pools. Which makes it really hard to stop SharePoint since all those services start automatically.I agree with others that you should use the VM approach but I think you need Windows Server 2008 R2 to be able to create 64-bit VMs.
Here's a link to powershell scripts for stopping/starting SharePoint services: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/emberger/archive/2009/11/16/stop-and-go-with-sharepoint-2010-on-your-workstation.aspx
I personally always run it in a different instance - either a separate machine or a virtual machine. Sharepoint 2010 is massive, and changes your system with a magnitude not seen by any previous sharepoint version, in terms of databases, scheduled tasks, services...
You should install your SharePoint 2010 in Server2008 R2 if you can ,since then you can do a complete install and use domain account.The installation in win7 is a standalone install and only use system account.It does not match what is in production...
Or if you can, virtualize your SharePoint environment.You need to give at least 4gb ram to SharePoint VM otherwise it is running like a dog.
I have installed IIS6 in my pc that have the OS in XP.
I have installed
- IIS6 Manager,
- IIS6 Resource Kit Tools
I can open:
Start>Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Internet Information Services (IIS6) Manager ,
But I cant add new site in IIS, I can't see the wwwroots site.
In the right click in Internet Information Services I can do only connect to one other pc.
Any ideas???
Thnax.
I have installed IIS6 in my pc that have the OS in XP.
I doubt it. IIS6 is part of Windows Server 2003. It doesn't run on vanilla XP, which uses IIS5.1.
I have installed - IIS6 Manager, - IIS6 Resource Kit Tools
That's not IIS6, that's only an interface to configure IIS6 installations on this or other machines. It is of no use to you. If you want to install IIS on an XP machine, as previously mentioned in your other question, you must have a copy of the XP Pro install CD.
But I cant add new site in IIS
You won't be able to add a new site even in a working IIS on XP. As XP is not a server OS, you will be limited to running a single web site, the ‘Default Web Site’ IIS comes configured with.
(There are script hacks you can run to add more sites if you must, but you can only actually serve one site at once.)
The Resource Kit Tools only include the manager that allows you to connect to OTHER computers running IIS. You will need to install IIS directly on the machine (it needs to be XP Pro as well - not home edition). See this link - it is fairly straighforward add/remove windows components.
http://www.learnthat.com/courses/computer/windowsxp/iis/