Currently only the beta version of MOSS 2010 is available for installation.
Check system requirements
MOSS 2010 needs a set of system requirements to be present before we can proceed with the installation.
Download the build
The build can be downloaded from the microsoft technet page.
Patches to be installed
Before proceeding for installation, we need some patches to be installed on the OS for completing the installation of MOSS 2010 successfully. Some of them are listed below.
- KB976462
FIX FOR: WCF: Sharepoint Shared Services Roll-up
- KB971831
FIX: A hotfix that provides a method to support the token authentication without transport security or message encryption in WCF is available for the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
- ...
Common installation errors
- This update is not applicable to your computer :
A common error which pops up while installing most of the patches are "This update is not applicable to your computer". Ignoring the patch which gives such a message will not do any harm to the installation of MOSS 2010.
Install MOSS 2010
Follow the on-screen instructions and complete the installation. The prepare tool available in the main screen installs all the prerequisite software required for MOSS 2010.
Compared to MOSS 2007, the installation of MOSS 2010 is very eazy.
