Installing PowerPivot and Server 2008 R2 with SharePoint

There's a trick to getting this to work.  You can't use ANY 32bit applications!  You MUST install all 64bit applications.  this includes:

  • Office 2010 – you must use the ISO version and install from the x64 directory (do not auto install, it will do the 32bit version)
  • SharePoint Designer 2010 
  • Visio 2010
  • PowerPivot x64

Chris