Exercise 9: Install the beta for Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate

1. Download the ISO file for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Beta 2.
   1. Go to the download page at the following URL
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      https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=dc333ac8-596d-41e3-ba6c-84264e761b81

   2. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and locate the Files in This Download section. You should see that there are four files that must each be downloaded. Once they are downloaded, you will be able to extract the ISO image.

   3. Download all four files shown in the previous screenshot to a single folder on the file system of the host machine.
   4. In the Windows Explorer, locate the file named VS2010B2Ult_4PartsTotal.part1.exe and double click on it to extract the ISO file.
   5. Attach this ISO file to the VM.
2. Install Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
   1. Locate the setup files
   2. Run setup.exe.

   3. Click on the link to Install Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.

   4. Click Next to move past this dialog.

   5. Select the option I have read and accept the license terms and click Next.

   6. On the Select features to install dialog, select the Custom option and click Next.

   7. On the next dialog where you select the features to install, there is only one thing you will change from the default settings. Unselect the checkbox for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express Service. Unselecting this option is required because the VM already has an installation of SQL Server 2008 Enterprise. If you attempt to install the SQL Server 2008 Express Service, it will cause a failure in the Visual Studio 2010 installation process. Click Install to begin the installation process.

   8. In the first phase of Visual Studio 2010 installation, the installer program installs a beta version of the .NET Framework 4.0. Afterwards, the installer program asks you to reboot your computer. Click the Restart button to reboot the VM.

   9. After the VM has rebooted, log in as Wingtip\Administrator using a password of Pass@word1. Once you are logged in, the Visual Studio 2010 installation will automatically resume. This second phase of the installation process will take between 10 and 20 minutes to complete. When the installation process is complete, you should see the Success dialog. Click Finish to end the installation process.

3. Install the Visual Studio 2010 Beta2 SDK.
   1. Go to the following download page for the SDK.
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      Note: https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=cb82d35c-1632-4370-acfb-83c01c2ece24
   2. Click the download link to download the installation file named VsSDK_sfx.exe.

   3. On the VM, double-click on VsSDK_sfx.exe to begin installation of the SDK. When you get to the Welcome to Setup screen, click Next.

   4. Accept the terms of the licensing agreement and clock Next.

   5. On the Destination Folder page, leave the folder default setting and click Next to start the SDK installation.

   6. When you see the Setup Complete dialog, click Exit to finish the installation.

   7. Make sure Visual Studio 2010 SharePoint Tools can connect to your SharePoint Farm

   8. Launch Visual Studio 2010 from the Windows Start menu.Start > All Programs > Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 > Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 - ENU

   9. The first time you launch Visual Studio 2010, it will display the following dialog to Choose your default environment settings. Select General Developer Settings and then click the Start Visual Studio button.

   10. When Visual Studio starts up, locate the Server Explorer window on the left-hand side of the main window of Visual Studio 2010. If you do not see the Server Explorer, drop down the View menu and select the Server Explorer menu command.

   11. Locate the right-most button on the toolbar of the Server Explorer windows and click it to add a new SharePoint connection.

   12. In the Add SharePoint Connection dialog, enter the URL https://intranet.wingtip.com and click OK.

   13. Verify you can see and drop down nodes within the new connection.

Give yourself a pat on the back. You are now finished with setting up your SharePoint 2010 development VM!