I presumed it was a given that Sharepoint would be able to run on Server 2008 Web Edition, however I was mistaken, and found out the hard way when the prerequisite installer wouldn’t work on a shiny new VM.
The prerequisite installer was failing immediately when trying to setup the IIS role, giving the message ‘Configuration Error’. Initially I thought this was obviously a bug because it was beta software.
After reading through the system requirements document again carefully, I found that Sharepoint requires the Application Server role, which Web Edition does not have.
Installed Server 2008 R2 Standard and it went on immediately.
My last exam is all done and dusted, marking the completion of my B.Sc in Computer Science! No time to pat myself on the back for that just yet however.








PowerShell
Just installed a new WSUS server and obviously got a little heavy handed on the auto-approve settings.
Logged onto one of the student PCs today and found a big PowerShell folder in the start menu.
Mind you, I would be suprised if they actually managed to do anything interesting with it.