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This section outlines the steps taken to install SharePoint 2007 on a pre-prepared Windows 2003 Server.     

Run the Officeserver.exe

• Run Officeserver.exe, on one of your Web server computers.
  
• On the Enter your Product Key page, enter your product key and click Continue.
  

1. On the Choose the installation you want page, click Advanced.
   

1. On the Server Type tab, do one of the following:
   

If you are setting up a computer that will act as an application server, or a Web server and an application server, click Complete, and then click Install Now.  

If you are setting up a computer that will act as a Web server only, click Web Front End, and then click Install Now.

1. When Setup finishes, a dialog box appears telling you that you must complete the configuration of your server. Make sure that the Run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard now check box is selected.
   
2. Click Close to start the configuration wizard. Instructions for completing the wizard are provided in the next set of steps.
   

SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration

After Setup finishes, you can use the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard to configure Office SharePoint Server 2007. The SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard automates several configuration tasks, including: installing and configuring the configuration database, installing Office SharePoint Server 2007 services, and installing SharePoint Central Administration. Use the following instructions to run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard.

1. On the Welcome to SharePoint Products and Technologies page, click Next.
   

1. Click Yes in the warning dialog box that appears notifying you that some services might need to be restarted during configuration.
   
2. On the Connect to a server farm page, do one of the following:
   

If this is the first front-end server that you are configuring in your server farm, click No, I want to create a new server farm, and then click Next.

 If you have already configured your first server in your server farm, click Yes, I want to connect to an existing server farm, and then click Next.

 

1. On the Specify Configuration Database Settings dialog box, in Database server, type the name of the computer that is running SQL Server.
   
2. Do one of the following:
   

If this is the first server that you are configuring in your server farm, type a name for your configuration database in Database name, or use the default database name.  

If you have already configured the first server in your server farm, click Retrieve Database Names, and in Database name click the database name that you created when you configured the first server in your server farm. The default name is SharePoint_Config.

1. In User name , type the user name of the account used to connect to the computer running SQL Server (be sure to type the user name in the format DOMAIN\username).
   

   Important: This account is the Office SharePoint Server 2007 service account under which several Office SharePoint Server 2007 services run. The user account that you specify as the Office SharePoint Server 2007 service account must be a domain user account, but it does not need to be a member of any specific security group on your front-end servers or your back-end database servers. However, the user account that you specify must be a member of the following two SQL Server security roles on your back-end database servers: Database Creator and Security Administrator. It is recommended that you follow the principle of least privilege and specify a user account that is not a member of the Administrators group as your Office SharePoint Server 2007 service account.
   

2. In Password, type the user’s password, and click Next.
   

• Skip the next step if you have already configured first server in your server farm.
  
• On the Configure SharePoint Central Administration Web Application page, select the Specify port number check box and type a port number if you want the SharePoint Central Administration Web application to use a specific port, or leave the Specify port number check box unchecked if you do not care which port number the SharePoint Central Administration Web App users.
  

1. On the Configure SharePoint Central Administration Web Application dialog box, select NTLM authentication (the default) or Kerberos (depending on the client’s requirements), click Next.
   
2. On the Completing the SharePoint Products and Technologies Wizard page, click Next.
   
3. On the Configuration Successful page, click Finish.