SharePoint Thoughts

Think you’re going to install the development edition of Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Speech Server on a freshly created and patched virtual machine? Well think again, there are a number of prerequisites for each set of components that you would like to install;

• Server Components – Internet Information Services, Microsoft Message Queuing, Microsoft .Net Framework 3.0, MSXML 6.0 Parser, 6.0.3883.0 or higher, Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0 with Hotfix KB917833
• Development Tools - Internet Information Services, Microsoft Message Queuing, Microsoft .Net Framework 3.0, MSXML 6.0 Parser, 6.0.3883.0 or higher, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 with SP1 or Higher, Microsoft .Net Framework 3.0, Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for Windows Workflow Foundation (Complete Install) , Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0 with Hotfix KB917833
• Documentation – Microsoft .Net Framework 3.0
• Administrative Tools - Microsoft .Net Framework 3.0
• Data Processing Utilities – Microsoft .Net Framework 3.0