Published: May 12, 2010

Welcome to the deployment guide for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. The articles in this guide help you prepare to install and configure SharePoint Server 2010. The deployment guide includes information about deployment scenarios, step-by-step installation instructions, and post-installation configuration steps. It also describes how to upgrade to SharePoint Server 2010.

Before installing SharePoint Server 2010, be sure you have reviewed the information in Planning and architecture for SharePoint Server 2010.

In this section:

• Deployment overview (SharePoint Server 2010)

  This article provides information about deploying SharePoint Server 2010. The goal of this article is to provide information that can help you and your teams make fundamental decisions about deploying SharePoint Server 2010-based solutions in your organization.

• Install prerequisites from a network share (SharePoint Server 2010)

  This article explains how to use PrerequisiteInstaller.exe to install prerequisites from a network share. Doing so can result in a more consistent deployment.

• Installing SharePoint Server 2010

  This video illustrates how to install and configure Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 and how to create your first site collection.

• Prepare for deployment (SharePoint Server 2010)

  This section provides essential steps to take before you deploy Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010.

• Deployment scenarios (SharePoint Server 2010)

  Follow the steps in this section to deploy a single server or server farm with SharePoint Server 2010, or to deploy the Office Web Apps for use with SharePoint Server 2010.

• Initial configuration (SharePoint Server 2010)

  Follow the steps in this section to install language packs, configure farm settings and services, and create site collections.

• Uninstall SharePoint Server 2010

  This article explains how to uninstall SharePoint Server 2010.

• Deploy customizations - overview (SharePoint Server 2010)

  The articles in this section describe how to deploy site elements that have been customized by developers or Web designers in a SharePoint Server 2010 environment.

• Deploy software updates for SharePoint Server 2010

  Microsoft periodically releases software updates for SharePoint Server 2010. Follow the steps in this section to apply these updates to your servers running SharePoint Server.

• Upgrading to SharePoint Server 2010

  Follow the steps in the upgrade guide to plan, prepare, and perform an upgrade to SharePoint Server 2010.

Note:
If you plan to use Office Web Apps, you must install and configure them to work with SharePoint 2010 Products. For more information, see Deploy Office Web Apps (Installed on SharePoint 2010 Products).

Additional resources:

• For a graphical overview of the deployment process, download the SharePoint 2010 Products Deployment model from the Technical diagrams (SharePoint Server 2010) article.

• For a demo video about installing, see Installing SharePoint Server 2010.

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