Exercise 8: Install the Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 Beta

1. Download the installation software from Microsoft’s download site.
   1. In the browser, navigate to the following URL.
      Note:

      https://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/download-office-professional-plus/default.aspx
   2. Click the Get It Now link inside the green button on the top right-hand side of the page.
   3. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the Get Started Now option.
   4. Next, you will be prompted to login with your Microsoft Live ID. If you do not have a Microsoft Live ID, you must register to get one so that you can complete this step.
   5. You will also be required to fill out some profile information about yourself and your company. Fill in the required information.

   6. After filling out the required information, you will get to a download page that provides you with a product key for Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 Beta. Make sure you print this out or write it down. At the bottom of the page, select the English version for 64-bit (x64) download and click Download Now.

   7. After clicking download now, you may be promoted to install an ActiveX control for the Download Manager. Choose OK to accept.
   8. Download the installed file named ProfessionalPlus.exe to your host machine in a location where it will be accessible to the VM.
2. Install Office Professional Plus
   1. In the VM, navigate to the location of ProfessionalPlus.exe
   2. Double click on ProfessionalPlus.exe to begin installation.

   3. Accept the default installation options by clicking the Install Now button.

   4. When installation is complete, you will see the following dialog. Click Close.

   5. At this point, it should be quite obvious that installing the Office client is quite a bit easier than installing SharePoint Server 2010!
3. Launch Microsoft Word and make sure it starts without problems.

   1. Start Microsoft Word 2010 from the Windows Start menu.Start > All Programs > Microsoft Office > Microsoft Word 2010 (Beta)

   2. The first time you launch Microsoft Word 2010, you will see the following dialog. Select Don’t make changes and click OK.

   3. Close Microsoft Word 2010.
4. Download the SharePoint Designer 2010 Beta 2 installation software from Microsoft
   1. In the browser, navigate to the following URL.
      Note:

      https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=eeda9ab1-ac53-4870-9e1c-38940343d677
   2. Click Download to get SharePoint Designer 2010 Beta 2 x64.
   3. Once downloaded, run the SharePointDesigner_x64.exe file and install SharePoint Designer 2010.
5. Launch SharePoint Designer 2010 and make sure you can connect to the site at https://intranet.wingtip.com.
   1. Start SharePoint Designer 2010 from the Windows Start menu.Start > All Programs > Microsoft Office > SharePoint Designer 2010 (Beta)

   2. Click the Open Site button in the top left-hand section of main work area.

   3. Open the site at the path of https://intranet.wingtip.com. Note that the Open Site dialog can be a bit confusing because it displays all the folders inside the site. All you need to do is enter an URL of https://intranet.wingtip.com in the Site name textbox and then click the Open button to open the site in the SharePoint Designer 2010.

   4. Verify that the site at https://intranet.wingtip.com opened correctly in the SharePoint Designer 2010 and that you can navigate around the various types of SharePoint objects.

1. Close SharePoint Designer 2010.