Installing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 1. Login to the computer with Domain Admin Account 2. Install Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise or Standard 3. Install Windows Server 2003 Service pack 1 or 2 4. Install IIS 6.0 with ASP.NET Enabled 5. Install Microsoft SQL Server 2000 with Service pack 4 or SQL Server 2005 with Service Pack 1 or 2. 6. Add Current Windows Users as SQL Server Administrator a. Open SQL Server Management Studio b. Connect to the server c. Expand the server node d. Expand the Security Node e. Right Click on the Logins and Click Create New Login Created By Jerry http://spaces.live.com/yasirbutt - yasir.attiq@gmail.com Page 1
f. Enter The Service account and Click Search g. Enter the Service account again and click Check Names and click OK When confirmed. Created By Jerry http://spaces.live.com/yasirbutt - yasir.attiq@gmail.com Page 2
h. Click on Server Roles from the left menu i. Check Permissions for i. DB Creator ii. SysAdmin iii. Security Admin iv. Server Admin Created By Jerry http://spaces.live.com/yasirbutt - yasir.attiq@gmail.com Page 3
7. Click OK 8. This User will be visible in the Logins window. Created By Jerry http://spaces.live.com/yasirbutt - yasir.attiq@gmail.com Page 4
9. Now Confirm that the current logged in user is par to Administrator group on the server Created By Jerry http://spaces.live.com/yasirbutt - yasir.attiq@gmail.com Page 5
10. Install.NET Framework 3.0 a. Go to E:\Library\Softwares\Microsoft\Dotnet Framework\DotNet Framework 3.0 b. Run dotnetfx3.exe to install the framework Created By Jerry http://spaces.live.com/yasirbutt - yasir.attiq@gmail.com Page 6
11. Go to K:\MSP EPM\EPM Initiative\5 - Deployment\Upgrade Software\SharePoint Server 2007 12. Run Setup.exe 13. Enter product key from key.txt file 14. Click Continue Created By Jerry http://spaces.live.com/yasirbutt - yasir.attiq@gmail.com Page 7
15. Check I Agree to license agreement and click Contineue Created By Jerry http://spaces.live.com/yasirbutt - yasir.attiq@gmail.com Page 8
16. Click Advance to Choose the Advanced installation options Created By Jerry http://spaces.live.com/yasirbutt - yasir.attiq@gmail.com Page 9
17. Click Complete to installed SharePoint Server 2007 as complete installation and click Install Now. Created By Jerry http://spaces.live.com/yasirbutt - yasir.attiq@gmail.com Page 10
18. Wait while SharePoint setup install its binaries Created By Jerry http://spaces.live.com/yasirbutt - yasir.attiq@gmail.com Page 11
19. Click Close and let the SharePoint Configuration Wizard Check box as Enabled. Created By Jerry http://spaces.live.com/yasirbutt - yasir.attiq@gmail.com Page 12
20. Click Next on the SharePoint Products and Technology Configuration Wizard. Created By Jerry http://spaces.live.com/yasirbutt - yasir.attiq@gmail.com Page 13
21. Click Yes on Services and IIS Reset dialog. 22. Click Create a New Server farm and click Next 23. Created By Jerry http://spaces.live.com/yasirbutt - yasir.attiq@gmail.com Page 14
24. Enter Database Server Name 25. Enter the user with Administrative permissions on the SQL Server. The user name should be in the form of Domain\User Name Created By Jerry http://spaces.live.com/yasirbutt - yasir.attiq@gmail.com Page 15
26. Check the specify port number checkbox and change the port number to some easy number. This will make you easily remember the Administrative site URL. 27. The default Security settings will be NTLM. If you want to go for Kerberos you can select the options. P.S. Kerberos authentication requires several complex steps for configuration. Should be done with appropriate knowledge of Networking Security. 28. Click Next Created By Jerry http://spaces.live.com/yasirbutt - yasir.attiq@gmail.com Page 16
29. Click Next to confirm the changes you had made Created By Jerry http://spaces.live.com/yasirbutt - yasir.attiq@gmail.com Page 17
30. Configuration Wizard will run the steps again Created By Jerry http://spaces.live.com/yasirbutt - yasir.attiq@gmail.com Page 18
31. Click Finish when you see the screen. Created By Jerry http://spaces.live.com/yasirbutt - yasir.attiq@gmail.com Page 19
32. SharePoint Central Administration Site will open automatically. You also need to add this site to Trusted Sites. 33. Enter Administrator user id and password in the login dialog window. 34. Click Add to Add this site to the trusted sites Created By Jerry http://spaces.live.com/yasirbutt - yasir.attiq@gmail.com Page 20
35. Click Add and Close 36. You will see SharePoint Central Administration Web site Created By Jerry http://spaces.live.com/yasirbutt - yasir.attiq@gmail.com Page 21
37. Enable Email Server on the environment a. Click Operations -> Outgoing Email Settings Created By Jerry http://spaces.live.com/yasirbutt - yasir.attiq@gmail.com Page 22
b. Enter Server name and Email Address and click OK 38. Enable Office SharePoint Server Search Service Office SharePoint Server Search services is responsible for Crawling and indexing content stored Various MOSS Sites, File Shares, Network Shares, Lotus Notes Databases, SAP and People Soft (using Connectors). MOSS Search Service also provides Business Data Catalog that can extract data from any.net Managed data source like SQL Server. a. Click Operations -> Services on Server Created By Jerry http://spaces.live.com/yasirbutt - yasir.attiq@gmail.com Page 23
b. Click on Start in front of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Search c. Under Query and Indexing section select both indexing and Query checkboxes d. Enter Contact Email address e. Enter Farm Search User Account which should be Domain user account. Do not use any build in account like network service etc. f. Select path for the index file that will be created by the SharePoint Server 2007 Crawler. Created By Jerry http://spaces.live.com/yasirbutt - yasir.attiq@gmail.com Page 24
g. Select from any of the Crawler performance options. This option will give appropriate memory and performance to SharePoint Server 2007 Crawler based on your system specifications. h. If you have more than one search server you can choose different dedicated front end server but if you have single server installation you can leave the option as is. i. Click Start when you are done. 39. Starting Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Search Service Created By Jerry http://spaces.live.com/yasirbutt - yasir.attiq@gmail.com Page 25
Windows SharePoint Services Search is responsible for Crawling and searching content that is stored in Windows SharePoint Services Sites. a. Click Operations -> Services on Server b. Click Start on the right side of Windows SharePoint Services Search c. Enter Service Account for The Service (This account is required to run the service on the operating system d. Enter Content Access Account is the account that has administrative access on all the sites on the server (This account is required to crawl content on the server) Created By Jerry http://spaces.live.com/yasirbutt - yasir.attiq@gmail.com Page 26
e. Enter Database server and Database name for Windows SharePoint Services Search. WSS Stores index into SQL Server as compared to MOSS which stores content into an Index File (XML). f. Select indexing schedule. A Good practice is to schedule after every 5 minutes to ensure efficient search. WSS search will not affect the performance of the server. g. Click Start When you are done. 40. Starting Excel Services Service a. Click Start on the right of Excel Services to start the service Created By Jerry http://spaces.live.com/yasirbutt - yasir.attiq@gmail.com Page 27
41. Starting Document Conversion Launcher and Load Balancer Services These two services provide the ability to SharePoint Server to Convert Microsoft Office Documents to WebPages if the client accesses these files does not have Microsoft Office Installed on the system. These services required additional settings which can be made by reading the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server deployment guide. 42. The services page will look like this 43. Creating a New Shared Service Provider for MOSS 2007 site a. From left navigation click Shared Services Administration b. New SSP Created By Jerry http://spaces.live.com/yasirbutt - yasir.attiq@gmail.com Page 28
c. From the new SSP Page Enter SSP Title and then Click on Create a New Web Application for Administration Site host d. Creating a New Web application for Shared Services Administration Site i. Enter Port Number other than 80. E.g. (22 which is easy to remember) Created By Jerry http://spaces.live.com/yasirbutt - yasir.attiq@gmail.com Page 29
ii. Select NTLM for security iii. Leave the reaming section unchanged iv. In The application pool settings enter user name and password for the administrator (This user could be unique user other than current administrator) v. Leave the rest of options unchanged Created By Jerry http://spaces.live.com/yasirbutt - yasir.attiq@gmail.com Page 30
vi. Leave the rest of the options unchanged and click OK. vii. After completion you will be back to NEW SSP Page. viii. Click Start -> Run -> CMD ix. Enter IISReset and press enter x. Leave the section MySite Location as is. xi. Enter the Administrator user id and password in the SSP Credential Section xii. Change the Database names for both SSP DB and SSP Search DB to some relevant names. Created By Jerry http://spaces.live.com/yasirbutt - yasir.attiq@gmail.com Page 31
xiii. Do not change the authentication method from Windows to SQL. Windows authentication is recommended. xiv. Leave the remaining sections unchanged and click OK. xv. Click OK on my site alert page. Created By Jerry http://spaces.live.com/yasirbutt - yasir.attiq@gmail.com Page 32
xvi. When you receive confirmation that SSP Site is created. xvii. Click Start -> Run -> CMD xviii. Enter IIS Reset xix. Click OK on the success page. 44. Creating Web Application for Portal Site a. Click Application Management -> Create or Extend a New Web Application Created By Jerry http://spaces.live.com/yasirbutt - yasir.attiq@gmail.com Page 33
b. Create a New Web application c. Enter 80 as Port number d. Leave Security and Load balance sections as is Created By Jerry http://spaces.live.com/yasirbutt - yasir.attiq@gmail.com Page 34
e. In the Application pool section change the Application pool name (Optional) f. Enter user id and password for administrator (this user could also be unique) g. Leave the remaining sections as is and click OK Created By Jerry http://spaces.live.com/yasirbutt - yasir.attiq@gmail.com Page 35
h. When you receive confirmation that web application is created i. Click Start -> Run -> CMD ii. Enter IISRESET and press enter Created By Jerry http://spaces.live.com/yasirbutt - yasir.attiq@gmail.com Page 36
45. Creating a Site Collection or MOSS Portal a. From Application Management -> Create a Site Collection b. Select Default (80) web application from the web application drop down. c. Enter Portal Title and Description d. Select Publishing -> Collaboration Portal e. Enter Primary and secondary owners f. Finally Click OK g. You will receive this message when site is created Created By Jerry http://spaces.live.com/yasirbutt - yasir.attiq@gmail.com Page 37
h. Click on the link to open the site. Created By Jerry http://spaces.live.com/yasirbutt - yasir.attiq@gmail.com Page 38