Office System 2010 Preliminary System Requirements - Start Planning for your hardware upgrade NOW!

The new SharePoint Server 2010 requirement will be as follows;

SharePoint 2010

1. SharePoint Server 2010 will be 64-bit only.
2. SharePoint Server 2010 will require 64-bit Windows Server 2008 or 64-bit Windows Server 2008 R2.
3. SharePoint Server 2010 will require 64-bit SQL Server 2008 or 64-bit SQL Server 2005.

In addition, Microsoft is planning on an increased level of compatibility with 3rd Party browsers Firefox 3.x and Safari 3.x.  Due to this focus, Internet Explorer 6 will not be a supported browser for SharePoint Server 2010.

EPM2010

The new Project Server 2010 requirement will be as follows;

• Project Server 2010 will be 64-bit only
• Project Server 2010 will  require 64-bit Windows Server 2008 or 64-bit Windows Server 2008 R2
• Project Server 2010 will require 64-bit SQL 2005 or 2008
• Project Server 2010 will only support Internet Explorer 7 or 8 (IE 6 will not be supported nor other browsers)

EPM2003/2007 users will need to bear this in mind when they next refresh their hardware environment.

Note: I am still checking on Project Pro client requirements, WSS and other 3rd party browser support. I will update this post as soon as this is confirmed.

More information later…stay tuned.

Note: Information provided by Microsoft UK (Tara Hellier)