Very useful for Sharepoint site configuration

http://spsiteconfigurator.codeplex.com/

(via http://spiderwool.blogspot.com/2010/01/part-2-2010-on-windows-7-issues.html)

http://rehmangul.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/installing-sharepoint-2010-on-windows-7/

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/05/07/announcing-sharepoint-server-2010-preliminary-system-requirements.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/wbaer/archive/2009/12/11/common-microsoft-sharepoint-server-2010-installation-issues-and-resolutions.aspx
http://mindsharpblogs.com/ben/archive/2007/12/16/3837.aspx
http://jopx.blogspot.com/2009/12/installing-sharepoint-server-2008-dev.html

http://blogs.msdn.com/spses/archive/2009/12/18/powershell-intro-for-sharepoint-administrators-part-1.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/spses/archive/2009/12/18/powershell-intro-for-sharepoint-administrators-part-2.aspx

http://blogs.architectingconnectedsystems.com/blogs/cjg/archive/2009/11/30/SharePoint-2010-web.config-file.aspx

in Sharepoint 2010 there are configurations for Workflow, Reporting Services, Performancepoint, IIS7 integration and more ....