Server Configurations

The different configurations for your environment really depend on the type of hosting that you are using. If you have a virtual environment you need to dedicate almost half of the available resources to your base operating system and the other half to the virtual server. During the setup of the virtual image you can specify how much RAM, disk space, and processors you will dedicate to the server.

Minimum Required Specifications (Development)

SharePoint is a bit of a resource hog, requiring quite a bit of horsepower to keep it going. The requirements for a development environment aren't as involved as those for a full production server.

To run a SharePoint 2010 development image, Microsoft recommends that you have at least ...

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