SharePoint 2010 Pre-Requisites Offline Download

The “install pre-requisite” option in SharePoint 2010 setup requires an active Internet connection in order to download the setup files. If your server is not connected to internet, you will need to download the pre-requisite setup files offline and manually install it. I came across a PowerShell script on the Microsoft TechNet web site that downloads the pre-requisites files for you in a batch. You can either burn the files to an ISO image or copy it on a flash drive in order to install the pre-requisite on your server.  Here are the steps:

1. Open notepad and copy and paste the following code snippet:
   
   

   Import-Module BitsTransfer

   ## Prompt for the destination path

   $DestPath = Read-Host -Prompt "- Enter the destination path for downloaded files"

   ## Check that the path entered is valid

   If (Test-Path "$DestPath" -Verbose)

   {

       ## If destination path is valid, create folder if it doesn't already exist

       $DestFolder = "$DestPath\PrerequisiteInstallerFiles"

       New-Item -ItemType Directory $DestFolder -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

   }

   Else

   {

       Write-Warning " - Destination path appears to be invalid."

       ## Pause

       Write-Host " - Please check the path, and try running the script again."

       Write-Host "- Press any key to exit..."

       $null = $host.UI.RawUI.ReadKey("NoEcho,IncludeKeyDown")

       break

   }

   ## We use the hard-coded URL below, so that we can extract the filename (and use it to get destination filename $DestFileName)

   ## Note: These URLs are subject to change at Microsoft's discretion - check the permalink next to each if you have trouble downloading.

   $UrlList = ("http://download.microsoft.com/download/C/9/F/C9F6B386-824B-4F9E-BD5D-F95BB254EC61/Redist/amd64/Microsoft%20Sync%20Framework/Synchronization.msi", # http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=141237&clcid=0x409 - Microsoft Sync Framework Runtime v1.0 (x64) 

               "http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/c/4/cc4dcac6-ea60-4868-a8e0-62a8510aa747/MSChart.exe", # "http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=141512" - Microsoft Chart Controls for the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5

               "http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/0/e/20e90413-712f-438c-988e-fdaa79a8ac3d/dotnetfx35.exe", # http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=131037 - Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1

               "http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/8/6/28686477-3242-4E96-9009-30B16BED89AF/Windows6.0-KB968930-x64.msu", # "http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/8/6/28686477-3242-4E96-9009-30B16BED89AF/Windows6.0-KB968930-x64.msu" - Windows PowerShell 2.0    

               "http://download.microsoft.com/download/D/7/2/D72FD747-69B6-40B7-875B-C2B40A6B2BDD/Windows6.1-KB974405-x64.msu", # "http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=166363" - Windows Identity Framework (Win2008 R2)

               "http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/8/1/681F5144-4092-489B-87E4-63F05E95079C/Windows6.0-KB976394-x64.msu", # http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkID=160770 - WCF fix for Win2008 SP2

               "http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/C/7/EC785FAB-DA49-4417-ACC3-A76D26440FC2/Windows6.1-KB976462-v2-x64.msu", # http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=166231 - WCF fix for Win2008 R2

               "http://download.microsoft.com/download/D/7/2/D72FD747-69B6-40B7-875B-C2B40A6B2BDD/Windows6.0-KB974405-x64.msu", # "http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=160381" - Windows Identity Framework (Win2008 SP2)

               "http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/5/5/35522a0d-9743-4b8c-a5b3-f10529178b8a/sqlncli.msi", # "http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=123718&clcid=0x409" - SQL Server 2008 Native Client

               "http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/9/a/b9a78047-d269-4a25-88a1-9c4321d90677/SQLSERVER2008_ASADOMD10.msi", # "http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=130651&clcid=0x409" - Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services ADOMD.NET

               "http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/7/1/171CCDD6-420D-4635-867E-6799E99AB93F/ADONETDataServices_v15_CTP2_RuntimeOnly.exe", # "http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=158354" - ADO.NET Data Services v1.5 CTP2 (Win2008 SP2)

               "http://download.microsoft.com/download/B/8/6/B8617908-B777-4A86-A629-FFD1094990BD/iis7psprov_x64.msi", # http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9655704 - IIS management cmdlets

               "http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/0/F/10F1C44B-6607-41ED-9E82-DF7003BFBC40/1033/x64/rsSharePoint.msi", # http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=166379 - SQL 2008 R2 Reporting Services SharePoint 2010 Add-in

               "http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/D/F/8DFE3CE7-6424-4801-90C3-85879DE2B3DE/Platform/x64/SpeechPlatformRuntime.msi", # http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=166378 - Microsoft Server Speech Platform Runtime

               "http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/0/3/E033A120-73D0-4629-8AED-A1D728CB6E34/SR/MSSpeech_SR_en-US_TELE.msi" # http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=166371 - Microsoft Server Speech Recognition Language - TELE(en-US)

               )

   ForEach ($Url in $UrlList)

   {

       ## Get the file name based on the portion of the URL after the last slash

       $DestFileName = $Url.Split('/')[-1]

       Try

       {

           ## Check if destination file already exists

           If (!(Test-Path "$DestFolder\$DestFileName"))

           {

               ## Begin download

               Start-BitsTransfer -Source $Url -Destination $DestFolder\$DestFileName -DisplayName "Downloading `'$DestFileName`' to $DestFolder" -Priority High -Description "From $Url..." -ErrorVariable err

               If ($err) {Throw ""}

           }

           Else

           {

               Write-Host " - File $DestFileName already exists, skipping..."

           }

       }

       Catch

       {

           Write-Warning " - An error occurred downloading `'$DestFileName`'"

           break

       }

   }

   ## View the downloaded files in Windows Explorer

   Invoke-Item $DestFolder

   ## Pause

   Write-Host "- Downloads completed, press any key to exit..."

   $null = $host.UI.RawUI.ReadKey("NoEcho,IncludeKeyDown")

   
   
2. Save the file with a .PS1 extension e.g.,  “Download-SharePoint2010-Prerequisites.ps1”.
   
   
3. Create the folder for e.g., “SharePoint2010-Prerequisites” at “C:\”.
   
   
4. Right click on the file and select “Run with PowerShell”.
   
   
   
   
5. At the prompt, type the name of the folder you would like to save the setup files at e.g., C:\SharePoint2010-Prerequisites
   
   
   
   
6. Setup will start downloading the files.
   
   
   
   
7. Once the download is complete, you can see the setup files by going to the download location.