I would assume that you could install a different edition of SQL server 2008R2 on Windows 7, but you cannot make a Windows 7 client machine be a domain controller for a sample AD. I can think of a couple alternatives, though.

A) Follow the steps in SharePoint 2010 Lab Environment Part 2, which allows [...]

Oops! I apparently left out the actual line that you need to add to the applicationhost.config file – so here it is:

add mimeType=”application/zip” enabled=”false”

Put it into a < and /> tag structure. I can't type it that way here, because then it becomes invisible in the forum. Again, I recommend just typing it rather than [...]

I haven’t played with Claims Based Authentication yet, because it’s functionality is incomplete in the current beta version. However, in this sense it seems that it will be a similar paradigm to Active Directory users. SharePoint only stores information about a user once they have been given permission and have logged on. However, you can [...]

That’s exactly the intent of Claims-Based-Authentication. It gives the SharePoint admin the ability to authorize external users – giving them access to SharePoint resources without having to create a domain account for them. It fills a need similar to what has previously been addressed by Forms Based Authentication. In fact it can include FBA, but [...]

There are a couple of extra tweaks that are needed after installing the SharePoint 2010 Office Web Applications on a Domain Controller. Here is a run-down.

Create a PowerShell script that contains the following text, or you can enter it line by line in the SharePoint 2010 Management Shell:
$e = Get-SPServiceApplication | where {$_.TypeName.Equals("Word Viewing [...]

This cmdlet is a compatibility check to compare a given 2007 or 2010 content database to a 2010 web application. It helps to find any missing dependencies before you try to attach and upgrade the content database for use in the web app.

NAME
Test-SPContentDatabase

SYNOPSIS
Tests a content database.

SYNTAX
Test-SPContentDatabase -Name -WebApplication Bind>

DESCRIPTION
The Test-SPContentDatabase cmdlet tests [...]

Thnaks for letting me know, Peggy. The PowerShell group and forum has been opened up to the public now.

Welcome to the SharePoint Help Community.

The problem:  Having to install SharePoint on a server OS has been a consistent cause of complaint for years within the SharePoint community, especially for developers.  The proliferation of virtualization technologies (such as the free Virtual PC and VMWare Server for client OS’s, and Virtual Server and Hyper-V for server OS’s) have helped to soothe [...]

The problem:  Having to install SharePoint on a server OS has been a consistent cause of complaint for years within the SharePoint community, especially for developers.  The proliferation of virtualization technologies (such as the free Virtual PC and VMWare Server for client OS’s, and Virtual Server and Hyper-V for server OS’s) have helped to soothe [...]

These are some notes from a helpful session today at the SharePoint Conference 2009 in Las Vegas delivered by Christophe Fiessinger and Jan Kalis from the Microsoft Project Server team.  The notes are as organized as I can make them while I’m sitting here in the room, but they will of course not be as [...]

These are some notes from a helpful session today at the SharePoint Conference 2009 in Las Vegas delivered by Srini and Burzhin (I typed too slowly to get their last names), product engineers from Microsoft.  The notes are as organized as I can make them while I’m sitting here in the room, but they will [...]

These are some notes from a session today at the SharePoint Conference 2009 in Las Vegas delivered by Ryan McMinn, an Access Services guy at Microsoft.  It was nice to get more specific information about getting FBA to work, but it was also a little frustrating to not get much information about setting up SharePoint [...]

These are some notes from a REALLY great session today at the SharePoint Conference 2009 in Las Vegas delivered by Ryan McMinn, an Access Services guy at Microsoft.  Lots of good, detailed information here.  The notes are as organized as I can make them while I’m sitting here in the room, but they will of [...]

These are some notes from a REALLY great session today at the SharePoint Conference 2009 in Las Vegas delivered by Daniel Kogan, the Metadata Service Program Manager at Microsoft.  Lots of good, detailed information here.  The notes are as organized as I can make them while I’m sitting here in the room, but they will [...]

These are some notes from a great session today at the SharePoint Conference 2009 in Las Vegas delivered by Sean Livingston, the Upgrade Program Manager at Microsoft.  Lots of good, detailed information here.  The notes are as organized as I can make them while I’m sitting here in the room, but they will of course [...]

These are some notes from a great session today at the SharePoint Conference 2009 in Las Vegas delivered by Sean Livingston, the Upgrade Program Manager at Microsoft.  The notes are as organized as I can make them while I’m sitting here in the room, but they will of course not be as polished as I’d [...]

These are some notes from a conceptual session today at the SharePoint Conference 2009 in Las Vegas delivered by Venke Veeraraghavan from Microsoft.  The notes are as organized as I can make them while I’m sitting here in the room, but they will of course not be as polished as I’d like them to be.  [...]

Spencer Harbar, MS Advisory Board Member

 

These are some notes from a really great session today at the SharePoint Conference 2009 in Las Vegas delivered by Spence Harbar from an MVP from the UK.  The notes are as organized as I can make them while I’m sitting here in the room, but [...]

These are some notes from a really great session today at the SharePoint Conference 2009 in Las Vegas delivered by Michal Gideoni and Brad Stevenson from the BCS product team at Microsoft.  The notes are as organized as I can make them while I’m sitting here in the room, but they will of course not [...]