Exercise 3: Testing the Development Machine
In this exercise, you test the development machine to ensure SharePoint and the components required for Windows Phone 7 development were successfully installed.
Task 1 – Testing the SharePoint Installation
In this task, you will test the development machine to verify successful installation of SharePoint.
- Log in to the development machine.
- Open Internet Explorer.
- Browse to www.contoso.com.
- Enter the administrator credentials for the development machine.
- Verify the www.contoso.com web site displays.
- Close Internet Explorer.
In this task, you will test the development machine to verify successful installation of the the components required for Windows Phone 7 development.
- Click Start | All Programs | Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 | Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
- When prompted, select General development settings.
- Click OK.
- Click New Project.
- In the Installed Templates pane, expand C#.
- Select Silverlight for Windows Phone.
- Select Windows Phone Application.
- Click OK.
- In the build type dropdown list, select Windows Phone Emulator 7.
- Press F5.
- Verify the Windows Phone Emulator loads and the sample phone application appears in it.
- Close the Windows Phone Emulator.
- Click OK.
- Close Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.