Wictor Wilén

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Running SharePoint on Windows 7

Posted at 2009-01-08 04:30 by Wictor Wilén in SharePoint , Windows 7 with 16 comments.

Windows 7 beta was released into the wild today (or tomorrow if you’re not an MSDN subscriber) and I’m seriously considering running it on my main development machine. But to be able to do this I have one main requirement and that is that I can run SharePoint on it, just as I can on Vista. So after installing the beta bits on a Virtual PC I had to give it a try.

I installed the IIS on the Windows 7 virtual pc and then tried, without any hopes, to install WSS 3.0 the normal way. Dead end, as expected:

Then I took the Vista way and installed it using the tool created by Bamboo Solutions. The setup started fine and I choose to do a Basic install.

When the Configuration Wizard started I received this error message, looks like it did not install the SQL Server 2005 Embedded Edition during the install.

I download SQL Server 2008 Express (clicking next 1.000 times) and ran the SharePoint on Vista installation again this time using the Advanced mode (after an uninstall).

This time it worked better.

Installation took a few minutes and then I had Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP1 running on my Windows 7 beta installation.

Everything worked as expected! Sweet!

I have to do some more testing with some other applications, if all turns out well then I will for sure reinstall my machine (needs a reinstall anyways, and why not have fun…).

But, I have found some minor UI in Windows 7 bugs that I will report, as soon as Microsoft get their Windows 7 license key request app working.

And by the way; Windows 7 runs so smooth as a Virtual PC, using only 1 GB of RAM!

Technorati tags: Windows 7, SharePoint, WSS, MOSS

Of course this is not a supported scenario, but my daily work is way smoother using this and I have had no problems with it so far.

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# Interesting - MOSS on Windows 7.0 by Robin Majumdar

Interesting... but the question is: why? I have just started testing Windows 7.0 and we work heavily in SPS / WSS / MOSS but always in VMs running on VMware... That being said, it's interesting to see that it can be done on Windows 7. I wonder how functional and stable it is though....

# Re: interesting by Wictor

Yes, I think it is really interesting. I use VM's to but I like having it even closer. Whenever I need to demo something or make quick things/test I can fire it up. I've used it installed on Vista since Bamboo found out how to do it and I'm really satisfied.

# Windows Sharepoint Services 3 on Windows 7 by Anonymous

Thanks for sharing the helpful tips! This worked great for installing WSS onto a Windows 7 (Build 7000) VM for BizTalk Server 2009 Beta requirements.

# Windows 7 RC by Wictor

FYI: Works on Windows 7 RC also.

# Running SharePoint on Windows 7 by Trackback

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# windows 7 by stuart miller

hi i keep getting the following error around 1 of 7/8 stage of instalation failed to provission the sharepoint central administration web application An exception of type system. Argument out of range exception was thrown additional exception information index out of range. must be negitive and less than the size of the collection parameter name:index please can you help

# stuart miller by stuart Miller

i stoped and started the IIs and then it installed fine now i get the message below i have tryed doing the permistions on the web file to no joy please help HTTP Error 500.19 - Internal Server Error The requested page cannot be accessed because the related configuration data for the page is invalid.

# windows 7 by stuart miller

hi there again managed to overcome the http error now i get cannot connect to data base any ideas

# windows 7 by stuart miller

hi there again managed to overcome the http error now i get cannot connect to data base any ideas

# windows 7 RTM build 7600-16835 by rocky mendez

I installed WSS 3.0 with Service Pack 2 on Windows 7 RTM, everything worked fine with the bamboo solution. with SQL Server Express 2008 Dbase.

# Not installed on RTM version by Craig

I have tried the steps above, but always get a COmpatability issue meesage when extracting the file.

# Local SharePoint 2010 development on Windows 7 – awesome experience by Trackback

I thought I should share my experience on working with SharePoint 2010 development on Windows 7. My previous posts on installing SharePoint 2007 on Vista and Windows 7 are posts that are quite popular...

# Local SharePoint 2010 development on Windows 7 - awesome experience by Trackback

I thought I should share my experience on working with SharePoint 2010 development on Windows 7. My previous

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# more easy option here... by VIPUL SONI

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/sharepoint/Install_SP2010_on_Win_7.aspx

# Configuration Failed Error - during Install on Win 7 32 bit by Jim Doyle

My install worked fine up to the point where the SP config wizard asked for my SQL Server login info. Running SQL ServerExpress R2, 10.5 - Failed to connect to the configuration database. An exception of type System.InvalidOperationException was thrown!!!!!! Verified database is up and running and was able to connect using Windows Authentication through the SQL Server Management console...

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