Microsoft has now opened up the SharePoint/FAST 2010 beta trial to anyone with a Windows Live login. If you don’t have one then you can sign up for one for free. Head to:
- SharePoint 2010 beta (Enterprise) or SharePoint 2010 for Internet Sites Beta Enterprise – http://technet.microsoft.com/en-au/evalcenter/ee388573.aspx
- FAST 2010 beta – http://technet.microsoft.com/en-au/evalcenter/ee424282.aspx
- SharePoint Designer 2010 Beta (32-bit) - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=82df15bd-16a5-460e-a7c4-22599c669bb1&displaylang=en
- Office Professional Plus 2010 beta - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-au/evalcenter/ee390818.aspx
Installation of the SharePoint Server 2010 Beta requires one of the following product keys:
- SharePoint Server 2010 Beta (Enterprise CAL features): PKXTJ-DCM9D-6MM3V-G86P8-MJ8CY
- SharePoint Server 2010 for Internet Sites Beta, Enterprise: BV7VC-RMR6B-26P6Y-BTQDG-DX2KQ
System Requirements for SharePoint 2010 are at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262485(office.14).aspx
As I mentioned yesterday the SharePoint 2010 beta is not supported and you *CANNOT* upgrade the installation to RTM when it’s released. This Beta should only be used for evaluation purpose.
Instructions for installation of this beta:
http://blogs.msdn.com/opal/archive/2009/11/16/installation-notice-for-sharepoint-2010-public-beta.aspx
Also note that there *ISN’T* a publically available WCF hotfix for those wanting to use Windows Server 2008 R2, so for now you can only use Windows Server 2008
Tags: FAST 2010, Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint Designer 2010, WSS 4.0
