SharePoint Installation

1. Create the following Domain accounts. Remember to give them strong passwords.
   
   
   1. SP2007Admin
      
   2. SP2007Search
      
   3. SP2007ContentAccess
      
   4. SP2007SSP
      
   5. SP2007MOSSAppPool
      
      
2. Install Base Farm with CA
   
   
   1. Create the VM and installed Windows 2003 R2
      
   2. Install OS patches
      
   3. Install IIS
      
   4. Install patches
      
   5. Install .NET 2.0 and 3.0 frameworks
      
   6. Install patches
      
   7. Install SQL Server 2005
      
   8. Install latest Service Pack and patches/hotfixes
      
   9. In SQL Server add the SP2007Admin account created above to SQL Server…
      
      1. Grant the account login access (Security > Logins) to the SQL Server
         
      2. Add the account to the following SQL Server Roles (Security > Server Roles): sysadmin, securityadmin, dbcreator
         
   10. Log off the VM and log back on using the SP2007Admin account.
       
   11. Install SharePoint. This will create the CA (Central Administration) site. By convention I use 5555 as the port for CA.
       
   12. Add your account to the Farm Administrators group (Site Actions > Site Settings > Users & Permissions > People & Groups > New > Add Users)
       
   13. Add services (Operations > Topology & Services > Services on Server).
       
       1. Turn on WSS Search (use [domain]\SP2007Search & [domain]\SP2007ContentAccess accounts)
          
       2. Next turn on MOSS Search (use SP2007Search)
          
       3. Start Excel Services (only available with SP 2007 Enterprise version)
          
          
3. Create SSP
   
   **Prerequisite: Search must be turned on and configured.
   
   
   1. Application Management > Office SharePoint Services Shared Services
      
   2. New SSP
      
   3. Create new web app (same screen). By convention I use 6666 as the port for the SSP. Use [domain]\SP2007SSP as the service account.
      
   4. Create a new web app for MySites. By convention I use 7777 as the port for MySites. Use [domain]\SP2007SSP as the service account.
      
   5. After the SSP has been created login to the SSP (SSP1) using the SP2007Admin account. Under Site Actions > Site Settings > Site Collection Administrator (under Users & Permissions) add your network login ID as a Site Collection Administrator.
      
   6. Still in the SSP, Site Actions > Site Settings > People & Groups, click Site Permissions from the Quick Launch bar and add your account with Full Control rights.
      
   7. Still on the SSP Home Page, under User Profiles & MySites, click Personalization Services & Permissions. Add your network login ID and select all rights.
      
   8. Test your work. Use your own network login ID.
      
      1. User Profiles and MySites: User Profiles & Properties. Start a full AD import. (Note the time and day of the week so you can do this before audience compilation.)
         
      2. Audiences: Create and compile a test audience.
         
      3. Search Settings: not much to test yet…
         
      4. Email settings…
         
         
4. Create a Web Application for Content Sites
   
   
   1. In CA > Application Management (tab) > Create or Extend Web Application > Create New
      
   2. Use port 80
      
   3. Use the [domain]\SP2007MOSSAppPool AD account
      
   4. Create the web application and navigate to Create Site Collection via link.
      
   5. Create Site Collection using the Publishing (tab) > Collaboration Portal template.