Recommended Requirements:
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Web Servers:
- Dual-processor 2.8GHz or above
- At least 4GB of RAM
- 64-bit OS preferred
- Dual-processor 2.5 GHz or above
- At least 4GB of RAM
- SQL Server 2005, SP2 (64-bit preferred)
- 64-bit OS preferred
Pre-Installation Steps:
I like to be very consistent in my naming conventions for service accounts. They need to be self-documenting and I like to use the same names across each environment but include a suffix to indicate the environment for dev and staging. Ex: SVCMOSSDEV_WEBFARMADMIN and SVCMOSSTEST_WEBFARMADMIN. Some may say this is a bit anal but it keeps me from guessing what account is being used for what.
Step 1: Create Active Directory (local) accounts
These accounts need to be dedicated accounts with passwords that do not expire.
SVCMOSS_WebFarmAdmin
This domain account will need to be:
- a member of the administrators group on the front end SharePoint servers and the SharePoint index server
- a member of the Administrators group on SQL Server
- a database system administrator on SQL Server
- have SQL Security Admin and DB Creator rights on SQL Server
This account will be used to complete the SharePoint installation and therefore will be designated as the identity that the SharePoint Central Administration web application will run under and the account that will access the SharePoint configuration database.
This domain account will be the identity that the SharePoint Shared Services Provider will run under. Access rights will be granted during the SharePoint installation.
SVCMOSS_SEARCH
This domain account is used as the service account for the Windows SharePoint Services Search service. It will have read/write access to the SharePoint content databases, read access to the configuration database, and read/write access to the WSS Search database. The user account must be a member of the Administrators group on the computer that is running the Search service
SVCMOSS_APPLICAT
Use this account as the identity to run the web applications within the SharePoint farm.
Installation Steps:
Step 1: Install Windows Server 2003
I chose to install Windows Server 2003 Enterprise rather than R2. Black Viper provides step by step screenshots of the whole installation.
Step 2: Change VPC settings (will need to shutdown VPC first)
- Set memory to 1024 MB
- Enable Undo Disks
- Under Networking, set Adapter 1 to Shared Networking
Step 3: Add VPC add-ons to improve navigation experience
- Click on Action (when VPC session is started)
- Select Install or Update Virtual Machine additions)
Step 4: Check for updates
This will require setting up connection to the internet first.
Select Start à All Programs à Windows Update.
Install all available updates and IE 7.
Installed the following:
Windows Server 2003 SP2
Step 5: Install IIS
Under Add/Remove Programs, select Add/Remove Windows Components
- Highlight Application Server and click Details
- Highlight IIS and click Details
- Highlight World Web Service and click Details
- Select Active Server Pages, Server Side Includes, and World Web Service
- Click OK three times
- Unselect Internet Explorer Enhanced Configuration
- Click Next to complete installation
Step 6: Install .NET Framework 2.0
Step 7: Install .NET Framework 3.0
Step 8: Check for updates via Windows Update
Step 9: Modify IIS settings for ASP.NET
Go to Web Service Extensions and set ASP.NET to ALLOW
Step 8: Install POP3 Email to test email functionality via SharePoint
Follow instructions from SharePoint Reporter Blog
Step 9: Install and configure Outlook 2007 to test email functionality via SharePoint
Follow instructions from SharePoint Reporter Blog
If there is a problem with sending a test email:
- Go to IIS
- Right click Default SMTP Virtual Server and select Properties
- Click the Access tab
- Click Relay button
- Select All Except List Below
Step 10: Install SQL Server 2005 (Developer Edition, 32 bit)
Follow instructions from SharePoint Reporter Blog
Step 11: Configure SQL Server for SharePoint
Follow instructions from SharePoint Reporter Blog
Step 12: Apply latest service pack to SQL Server (SP 3)
Step 13: Install Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Enterprise Edition)
IMPORTANT: Make sure you are now logged into the VPC as the SVCMOSS_WEBFARMADMIN account.
Step 14: Create the configuration database and the Central Administration web application
NOTE: For consistency, I always use port 5555 for my Central Administration Web Application. This makes it easy to remember the URL if need be.
Verify that all the settings look right and then click Next to create the configuration database and the Central Administration web application. Go get a cup of coffee. The setup will take a few minutes.
Configuration complete!
Step 15: Configure security setting for Internet Explorer 7
Follow instructions from SharePoint Reporter Blog.
Step 16: Start WSS Search
Step 17: Start Office SharePoint Search
Step 18: Start Excel Calculation Services
Step 19: Configure Shared Services Provider
- Click on Application Management tab
- Click on Create or Configure This Farm's Shared Services
- Click the New SSP button
- Click the Create New Web Application link
NOTE: For consistency, I always like to use port 6666 to the Shared Services Provider site.
- Once returned back to the Shared Services Provider screen, click Create a New Web Application in the My Site Location section
- When returned to the Shared Services Provider screen, complete the remainder of the fields
Step 20: Configure Search Settings
Set full crawl schedule to daily at 12AM
Set incremental crawl schedule to daily at 12PM
Start full crawl
Step 21: Set up outgoing email
Step 22: Create Portal Site
- Click on the Application Management tab
- Click on Create or Extend Web Application
- Click Create New Web Application
- Create new site collection using the Collaboration Portal template
To be continued…
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