PowerPoint Broadcast site – SharePoint 2010

Some basic concept related to new feature - PowerPoint broadcast site

• Its new service in SharePoint 2010 which will allow user to broadcast presentation online (it is same like if we are giving webex/NetMeeting session) in which we have presenter and attends for each online meeting.
• We can see “broadcast this PowerPoint” as one of the option in PowerPoint 2010.
• For broadcasting any PowerPoint we need to have PowerPoint broadcast service enabled into any site.
• We can create PowerPoint broadcast site from central admin site collection and that site URL we can use in PowerPoint 2010 for broadcasting any PowerPoint file.
• We need to add presenter and attends users into sharepoint group for them to see broadcast.

Reference Link: http://www.sharepointedutech.com/2011/01/31/sharepoint-2010-and-powerpoint-2010-broadcast/

Installation of SharePoint 2010 on stand alone machine

Reference Link: http://sharepoint2010blog.blogspot.com/search/label/SharePoint%202010%20Installation

Overall steps:

1) Run SharePoint.exe for SharePoint 2010

2) Install pre-requisite from menu option

3) Restart the computer

4) Enter the product key for SharePoint 2010

5) Select standalone or server farm for installation and follow the Microsoft pattern installation wizard.

6) After successful installation, system will ask to create default web site at port 80 (central admin site is created automatically based on the setting we choose during installation)