How do I - Install PowerPivot into an EXISTING SharePoint 2010 farm

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This one was a BEAR to work through.  There’s not much out there for it and everywhere I turned it seems everyone else was either having the same problem OR suggestion we “start with a clean install”.  Nice suggestion that last one.  Almost like… try rebooting the computer… but I digress.  So hopefully this guide will help some other poor soul save some time when they run into the same issue.

  1. Due to a farm admin error during PowerPivot install that incorrectly claims that the current user is NOT a Farm Administrator, you’ll need to logon to your SharePoint server, using the SharePoint Admin Service account credentials.
  2. Startup the SQL Server 2008 R2 installer in Admin mode:
  3. Browse to the CD folder of the install media.
  4. Right click “Setup.exe”.

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