here is the scenario: We will be moving the development environment from servers to our local machines. Our local machines will have SQL server, SP 2010 server, SP 2010 designer, and Visual Studio 2010 on them. I need some technical specs stating administrator permissions is required to perform development and debug tasks, do any exists? i have been trying to find something on but have come up short.
Granted this is assuming admin permissions is required to perform these tasks, but i don't see how it wouldn't.
Yes, you need administrative permissions on the local machine. For instance you need to run Visual Studio 2010 using elevated privilegies to be able to debug your solution and you need admin privs to be able to deploy farm solutions.
For sandboxed solutions, there is no need for admin privs though.