Installing SharePoint on Windows Server 2008 R2

With Windows Server 2008 R2 available as a release candidate, you may have tried installing MOSS on it already without success and received an error similar to this: "The program is blocked due to compatibility issues".
SharePoint SP2 enables compatibility with Server 2008 R2, so first you've got to make a slipstream install -- then you can install without any problem.


The steps for making a slipstreamed installation of MOSS are pretty simple.

•  Download a MOSS image, and extract it (or copy the contents) to a folder.
• Download WSS and MOSS SP2 patches
• Run each patch with /extract:<\mymossimage>\Updates
• Delete Wsssetup.dll from the updates folder.
• Keep in mind that if you have the combined x86/64 MOSS ISO, your updates folder will be in \x64\Updates or \x86\Updates.

For more details, follow the technet article:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261890.aspx

Once you have your slipstream image ready, you'll need to enable a few roles on your Server 2008 R2 box.