Setting Up the Development Environment for SharePoint Foundation on Windows 7

This post is a summary of steps I have taken to set up a development environment for Sharepoint Foundation on Windows 7. It generally distilled from Setting Up the Development Environment for SharePoint Foundation

Quick Resource Box Setting Up the Development Environment for SharePoint Foundation Sharepoint SDK Common Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Installation Issues and Resolutions

Step-by-step walkthrough Install WCF Hotfix for Windows (KB976462) Create c:\SharePointFiles\ folder Download Sharepoint Foundation 2010 beta to the folder. Extract Sharpoint files by running this command: c:\SharePointFiles\SharePoint /extract:c:\SharePointFiles Add <Setting Id="AllowWindowsClientInstall" Value="True"/> to c:\SharePointFiles\files\Setup\config.xml Install Microsoft FilterPack 2.0 Beta by running this command: c:\SharePointFiles\PrerequisiteInstallerFiles\FilterPack\FilterPack.msi Install Microsoft Sync Framework Install SQL Server Native Client Install Microsoft Geneva Framework Beta 1 Runtime for x64 Install ADO.NET Data Services v1.5, Runtime Only installer. Execute this commands in command prompt [should be one liner]: start /w pkgmgr /iu:IIS-WebServerRole;IIS-WebServer;IIS-CommonHttpFeatures;IIS-StaticContent;IIS-DefaultDocument;IIS-DirectoryBrowsing;IIS-HttpErrors;IIS-ApplicationDevelopment;IIS-ASPNET;IIS-NetFxExtensibility;IIS-ISAPIExtensions;IIS-ISAPIFilter;IIS-HealthAndDiagnostics;IIS-HttpLogging;IIS-LoggingLibraries;IIS-RequestMonitor;IIS-HttpTracing;IIS-CustomLogging;IIS-ManagementScriptingTools;IIS-Security;IIS-BasicAuthentication;IIS-WindowsAuthentication;IIS-DigestAuthentication;IIS-RequestFiltering;IIS-Performance;IIS-HttpCompressionStatic;IIS-HttpCompressionDynamic;IIS-WebServerManagementTools;IIS-ManagementConsole;IIS-IIS6ManagementCompatibility;IIS-Metabase;IIS-WMICompatibility;WAS-WindowsActivationService;WAS-ProcessModel;WAS-NetFxEnvironment;WAS-ConfigurationAPI;WCF-HTTP-Activation;WCF-NonHTTP-Activation Reboot Start installation by running this command: c:\SharePointFiles\Setup.exe Do not proceed with the configuration wizard when prompted. Stop here: Install SQL Server 2008 KB 970315 x64 [I am running Windows 7 64 bit]. Proceed with the wizard after SQL Server 2008 KB970315 finished. Done. Most of installation failures and t-shooting outlined here: Common Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Installation Issues and Resolutions Related Books Professional SharePoint 2010 Development