Preliminary Requirements for 2010

The Microsoft Team blog have announced the prelimary requirements for SharePoint 2010. In a nutshell:

• SharePoint Server 2010 will be 64-bit only.
• SharePoint Server 2010 will require 64-bit Windows Server 2008 or 64-bit Windows Server 2008 R2.
• SharePoint Server 2010 will require 64-bit SQL Server 2008 or 64-bit SQL Server 2005.

Also, no support for IE 6.0

More information is available here:

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/05/07/announcing-sharepoint-server-2010-preliminary-system-requirements.aspx

There are some tips on how best to prepare for upgrading to the next wave!