Getting Team Foundation Server to use a remote 64Bit SharePoint 2007 farm.

author Richard Fennell calendar Jan 2, 2008 · 1 min read · Uncategorised  ·
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If you try to install the Team Foundation 2008 SharePoint extensions on a 64bit farm you get a 'SharePoint must be installed' error; I guess the installer is looking in the wrong directory for something to confirm SharePoint is there.

However, it seems the MSI is only installing some features that are not 32/64bit specific. So you can try a manual install of these features.

The notes on http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/aa718901.aspx give a basic guide, but these were written for the previous SharePoint so you have to alter a few paths, mostly 6.0 to 12.0 in the paths to the Web Server Extensions EXEs, and the templates have moved in Team System to [Program Files]Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation ServerToolsTemplates

This lack of 64bit support is really starting to become a pain!