Are you looking to Configure SharePoint 2010 and you would like to use your full SQL 2008/R2 instead of SQL Express? If you select the Complete install option for your build and you are trying to use your local computer account instead of a Domain account, you will have to use PowerShell to complete this step.
When installing SharePoint 2010 the main install will complete no problem. Issue comes when you run SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard and try and use your local account to create the farm.
Configuration Wizard with local account.
Results in the following error:
When you install SharePoint 2010 you will also have a SharePoint 2010 Management Shell (PowerShell Cmdlets) installed and located under Start All Programs in the SharePoint 2010 folder.
Launch the SharePoint 2010 management shell, we will use the “New-SPConfigurationDatabase” command to allow us to specify a none domain credential for the farm while configuring the base setup. Type the command at the cursor and press enter.
Fill in each when you are prompted, after you complete these steps (will take a few min to provision) you will be able to validate the farm has been created by look at SQL, you will find a new configuration database and an admin content database (you will see that the new DB includes the GUID).
Next start SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard to complete the installation, you will be prompted to Modify the server farm settings, select do not disconnect from the farm and next through the wizard.
Configuration successfully completed.
Clicking Finish will launch central admin website, after agreeing to report back customer experiences to Microsoft you get your first look at SharePoint 2010 central admin. Prompted to login and with the local account I am in.
SharePoint 2010 is now installed, you will now be prompted by CA asking you how you want to finish configuring your farm, you can use the wizard or select to manually configure later? I'll select the wizard so Walk me through the settings for this example.
With this being my Demo,tual I will also use the local admin account that I am using for the farm account (MS2010-BETA\Administrator).
I am also selecting all Services so I have them available to me.
Next - Processing as it configures all services (and creates the DB) for each.
So the processing ran into errors.
I read these as we are not within a Domain and do not have AD? Not sure but proceeding.
Select next.
Now you are asked to create you first site collection.
I will use a Team site for my first site collection. Select Ok
Complete, view What's been configured. Select finish.
Complete, you are now in CA. As a note, during this process I have been using Firefox 3.5 web browser, pretty cool.
My new Team site.
Up and running! Good luck.
