Here you will find information on how to setup MOSS 2007 using the Advance Install procedures.
1. Inset CD-ROM installation media and run Setup.Exe.
2. Then the Enter Your Product Key task appears where you enter your Product key and if the key is confirmed a green check box will soon appear. Click “Continue” to begin the installation.
3. Next the Read the Microsoft Software License Terms task appears. Read over the license agreement and when you are done check the “I accept the terms of this agreement” check box and then click “Continue”.
4. Next the Choose the installation you want task appears where you can elect to install a Basic or Advanced version of MOSS 2007.
Note: The Basic install will automatically install the MOSS database for you where the Advanced install allows you to specify options for the MOSS database as well as allows you to specify server roles. The Advanced install is preferable to allow you more control over the installation.
5. Next the Server Type task appears were you can select to perform a complete install, a web front end or a stand alone installation. Choose “Complete – Install all components. Can add servers to from a SharePoint farm.” Then click “Install Now” to begin the install. Next the Installation Progress task will appear stating that it is “Installing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007…” and will run for a few minutes..
6. Next you are prompted to “Run the SharePoint Products and Technologies configuration wizard”. Select “Close” and the setup dialog box will appear stating “In order to complete setup, a system reboot is necessary. Would you like to reboot now?”.
7. After the reboot log back onto the server and select “Program Files” then “Microsoft Office Server”, and finally “SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard” to begin the Welcome to SharePoint Products and Technologies task and then select “Next” to begin the wizard.
8. Next the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard dialog box will appear stating “The following services may have to be restarted or reset during configuration: Internet Information Services, SharePoint Administration Service, SharePoint timer service.” Click “Yes” to continue.
9. Next the Connect to a server farm task appears where you can select “Yes, I want to connect to an existing server farm” or “No, I want to create a new server farm” select “No, I want to create a new server farm” since this is the initial setup and click “Next” to continue.
10. Next the Specify Configuration Database Settings task appears. Enter the “Database Server” name and accept the default of SharePoint_Config for the “Database name”. In the Specify Database Access Account leaf enter the account name that you want to use to connect the database. If it is a domain account enter the name as Domain\AccountName or if it is a local account on the SharePoint server such as the local administrators account enter it as AdministratorName and enter the password for the account and select “Next” to continue.
11. Next the Configure SharePoint Central Administration Web Application task appears where you can choose to “Specify port number”” or accept the default of 43405. In the Configure Security Settings leaf choose either “NTLM” or “Negotiate (Kerberos)” security or accept the defaults and then select “Next” to continue.
12. Next the Completing the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard summary page appears listing your selected options review it and then select “Next” to continue.
Tip: At this time if you see anything in the summary page that you want to change or modify use the “Back” button to locate the appropriate task and make your changes as needed and click the “Next” button to continue.
13. Next the Configuring SharePoint Products and Technologies task begins and executes for several minutes and after step 9 has completed the Configuration Successful summary will appear then click “Finish” to allow the installation to complete and open the Central Administration page where you must complete several Administrator tasks because the Server farm configuration Not Complete message is displayed.
Next week we will discuss these tasks to allow you to make your final customizations
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