Troublshooting SharePoint 2010 Installation Issue

During Configuration Wizard, in step 2 you normally got one of these errors

An exception of type System.IO.FileNotFoundException was thrown. Additional exception information: Could not load file or assembly ‘Microsoft.IdentityModel, Version 3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35′ or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

-OR-

An exception oftype Microsoft.SharePoint.Upgrade.SPUpgradeException was thrown. Additional exception information: Failed to call GetTypes on assembly Microsoft.Office.Server.Search, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c. Could not load file or assembly ‘System.Web.DataVisualition, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35’ or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find thefile specified.

-OR-

Failed to create the configuration database.

An exception of the type Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException was thrown. Additional exception information: User cannot be found

If you got following error

An exception of type System.IO.FileNotFoundException was thrown. Additional exception information: Could not load file or assembly ‘Microsoft.IdentityModel, Version 3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35′ or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
 
Click on Finish.
 
Normally this problem occured because of Windows Identity Foundation pack was not installed. This can be fixed here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=eb9c345f-e830-40b8-a5fe-ae7a864c4d76&displaylang=en#filelist . Install this Identiry Foundation Pack and re-run the wizard again.
 
If you got following error
 
 

 
An exception oftype Microsoft.SharePoint.Upgrade.SPUpgradeException was thrown. Additional exception information: Failed to call GetTypes on assembly Microsoft.Office.Server.Search, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c. Could not load file or assembly ‘System.Web.DataVisualition, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35’ or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find thefile specified.


Click Finish.

This problem occured becuase Chart Controls cannot be found or not installed, download it from here: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=122517

After installitig this chart control, re-run the wizard, you installation will run smoothly.

How to Install SharePoint 2010 on Windows 7

SharePoint 2010 (Foundation/Server) allows you to install it on windows 7 as single server environment for development purpose. Now whenever you try to install it, it gives you error "Setup is unable to proceed due to the following error(s): This product requires Windows Server 2008 (x64). Correct the issue(s) listed above and re-run setup.". To get rid this error and install SharePoint 2010 on Windows 7, follw the below mentioned steps:

1.Copy the installer(setup.exe) to your harddrive of installation (e.g. C:\SP2010)
2.Rename the installer to sp2010setup.exe
3.Extract the installation files by opening a Command Prompt (Run > CMD)
4.Type: C:\sp2010\sp2010setup /extract:c:\sp2010
5.This will extract the installer
6.Navigate in your Windows Explorer to: c:\sp2010\files\setup\config.xml
7.Edit this file in notepad and add the next line <Setting Id="AllowWindowsClientInstall" Value="True"/> just before the </Cofiguration> tag (Case sensitive)
8.Then Save the configuration file
9.Now check the required Windows Features are turned on, so go to Control Panel and select Turn Windows Features on or off, see below mentioned pictures and compare your machine windows feature and select those option which is not checked 

If you face any problem to fix Features, then run the following command in command prompt

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-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

1.Install SharePoint 2010 by running c:\sp2010\setup.exe as administrator
2.Choose the Standalone Installation (as I recommend) which will Installs SQL Server Express initially
3.After the installation is complete you, will be prompted to start the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard. Make sure Microsoft SQL Server 2008 KB 970315 x64 is installed Before starting the wizard.
3.You may need to install HotFix KB976462 available here  before running the configuration wizard.

What is the Hardware/Software Requirement for SharePoint 2010?

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 provides for a number of installation scenarios. Currently, these installations include single server with built-in database installations and single-server or multiple-server farm installations. For more information review following

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262485(office.14).aspx

Sharepoint 2010 Release Date is Announced

Watch Stephen Elop, President of the Microsoft Business Division, announce the launch of Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 on May 12, 2010 at 11 a.m. EST.

http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/businessproductivity/proof/pages/2010-launch-events.aspx#fbid=xgWGLbzp9iv

Sharepoint 2010 - Calendar

A good efforts from Mark Willson on Sharepoint 2010 calendar with color

http://planetwilson.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2010-01-01T00%3A00%3A00Z&updated-max=2011-01-01T00%3A00%3A00Z&max-results=1

What Operating Systems are suppoting to SharePoint 2010

Windows version/edition (64 bit only)	SharePoint 2010 support
Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation	No
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard	Yes
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise	Yes
Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter	Yes
Windows Web Server 2008 R2	No
Windows HPC Server 2008	No
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based systems	No
Windows Server 2008 Standard	Yes
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise	Yes
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter	Yes
Windows Web Server 2008	No
Windows Storage Server 2008	No
Windows Small Business Server 2008	Yes*
Windows Essential Business Server 2008	Yes*
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based systems	No
Windows Server 2008 Foundation	No
Windows Vista	Developer-only**
Windows 7	Developer-only**

What are the different topologies for SharePoint 2010?

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=fd686cbb-8401-4f25-b65e-3ce7aa7dbeab