IIS 6.0: AspMaxRequestEntityAllowed influencing maximum upload size in Sharepoint 2007

Here are some more details on using the API to update the created and modified dates on items in SharePoint:

SPSite site = new SPSite("http://sharepointsite/subsite");
SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb();
SPList list = web.Lists["My List"];
web.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true;
foreach (SPListItem item in list.Items)
{
   item["Modified"] = "Set the date";
   item["Created"] = "Set the date";
   item.UpdateOverwriteVersion();
}

You can install SharePoint on Windows Server 2008 R2. You don't need to install it on Windows Server 2008 and then upgrade to Windows Server 2008 R2.

The issue is that Windows Server 2008 R2 is only compatible with Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP2.

Unfortunately, Microsoft have not released a version of SharePoint with SP2 built in, however it is fairly easy to do this yourself. You can create your own slip-streamed installation of SharePoint with SP 2 included and then install this directly onto Windows Server 2008 R2 (no upgrade required).

To slip-stream SharePoint see:

• Create an installation source that includes software updates (Office SharePoint Server 2007)

I've done this with Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP2 and it installs fine on Windows Server 2008 R2.