SharePoint Server 2010 Preliminary System Requirements

Very Soon, Microsoft will release the new version of SharePoint and that is Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2010 i.e. Office 14

SharePoint Server 2010 Preliminary System Requirements
1.SharePoint Server 2010 will be 64-bit only.
2.SharePoint Server 2010 will require 64-bit Windows Server 2008 or 64-bit Windows Server 2008 R2.
3.SharePoint Server 2010 will require 64-bit SQL Server 2008 or 64-bit SQL Server 2005.

Microsoft also announced some important requirements regarding SharePoint Server 2010 browser compatibility:
-To ensure the best possible experience across multiple browsers, Microsoft is focusing on SharePoint 2010 engineering efforts on targeting standards based browsers (XHTML 1.0 compliant) including Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer 8 and Firefox 3.x. running on Windows Operating Systems.
-In addition, Microsoft also planning to increased level of compatibility with Firefox 3.x and Safari 3.x on non-Windows Operating Systems.
-Due to this focus Internet Explorer 6 will not be a supported browser for SharePoint Server 2010.

You can find additional information on Microsoft’s Support Lifecycle Policy including specific dates, product information and support offerings here: http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifepolicy.

Advantages of 64-bit hardware and software (Office SharePoint Server 2007)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd630764.aspx

Migrate an existing server farm to a 64-bit environment (Office SharePoint Server 2007)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd622865.aspx