I really like Windows 7! As I am a SharePoint developer I was happy that (thanks to Bamboo) one can install SharePoint on Vista and Windows 7.
After I figured out why my first installation try went wrong I hit another strange issue.
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When installing MOSS you have to choose which role your server is in. As I want to develop with BDC, Excel Services, Search Service I need to create a small farm (SQL Server running on the same machine in this case). But during the setup the “Complete Server Type” was missing!
Where are you my PDC?
I like development. So this installation took place on my home-machine which is not inside a domain.
A little while ago I installed MOSS successfully on Vista including the “complete role”. So one difference was the absence of a domain-controller …
Conclusion
After my machine became a member of a domain (and a reboot) the “Complete Server Type Role” became available during installation! SharePoint development on Windows 7 x64 is pure fun …
