Installing SharePoint 2010 on Windows 8

Just for kicks I got Windows 8 Preview installed today and thought I'd see if I could get SharePoint 2010 installed as well. Fortunately, the setup instructions are pretty much identical to the ones used for Windows 7. The important thing to remember is that you need to make sure IIS uses .NET 2.0 instead of 4.0.

• Install SQL Server 2008. I used R2, but you can use any version listed in the requirements.
• Ensure all of the required IIS features are installed through Programs and Features. The easiest way to do this is to use the script that Microsoft provides. You can do this by copying the following into a 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-ManagementScriptingTools;^
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

• Update IIS and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1 to use .NET Framework Version 2.0 instead of 4.0. You can do this by opening IIS, clicking the root host and then clicking Change .NET Framework Version in the right Actions pane.
• Install SharePoint 2010 prerequisites for Windows 7. The only ones I needed to install were the following:
• Windows Identity Foundation (Windows6.1-KB974405-x64.msu)
• Chart Controls
• SQL Server Analysis Services - ADOMD.Net
• Per the setup instructions, before running SharePoint setup, update the SharePoint 2010 config.xml found under [SharePointSetupFiles]\Files\Setup. You will need to change the Setting Value in AllowWindowsClientInstall to True.

Setting Up the Development Environment for SharePoint 2010 on Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee554869.aspx

Hardware and software requirements (SharePoint Server 2010)

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262485.aspx