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Short question: Can I develop for Microsoft Sharepoint, using Visual Studio, without using a Windows server machine?

I'm trying to do work for a Sharepoint site that requires me making custom web parts but from what I've read, I won't be able to develop in visual studio without having Sharepoint installed. As well, I can't install Sharepoint without running a Microsoft Server OS.

Here is a link to a similar question asked from a couple years ago. I would love to know if there have been any fixes since then.

I am running Windows 7, and Visual Studio 2013. I don't think that the version of VS really matters, since the equivalent Sharepoint version is available for free.

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If you are developing for SharePoint 2010, then you can install it on Windows 7 or 8 but with a modification http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee554869(office.14).aspx, For SharePoint 2013 you need to have Windows server

To setup SharePoint 2010 on Windows 7 or 8 machine:

  1. Copy the SharePointFoundation.exe (or setup.exe) installation file to a folder on the computer where you are installing SharePoint and doing your development, such as in the following path:

c:\SharePointFiles

  1. Extract the installation files by opening a Command Prompt window, and then typing the following command at the directory location of the folder where you copied the installation files in the previous step.

    For SharePoint Foundation 2010:

c:\SharePointFiles\SharePoint /extract:c:\SharePointFiles

For SharePoint Server 2010:

c:\SharePointFiles\OfficeServer /extract:c:\SharePointFiles

  1. Using a text editor such as Notepad, open the installation configuration file, config.xml, located in the following path:

c:\SharePointFiles\files\Setup\config.xml

  1. Add this line inside the tag:

<Setting Id="AllowWindowsClientInstall" Value="True"/>

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Yes, you can use Sharepoint Foundation or install sharepoint server. But, if you wanna do this you have to remove the sharepoint check SO check on the setup.

Install sharepoint in windows 7

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