http://rvarts.co.uk Everything, SharePoint 2007! Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:09:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Summary The following post outlines the data gathering requirements and installation procedure for the a SharePoint 2007 environment. It aims to achieve the following: List and group all required server hardware details Provide a central point of reference for server account configuration List all required databases and settings Specify and provide a checklist of software ... http://rvarts.co.uk/2009/01/30/sharepoint-installation-plan/ After you have deployed the SharePoint Server, there are some other additional settings which you need to configure. You should perform these tasks to take full advantage of the SharePoint 2007 administrative Features:  Email Settings: Incoming: Configuring server for incoming emails will enable you to get advantage of the following SPS 2007 features: SharePoint ... http://rvarts.co.uk/2009/01/29/configure-additional-admin-settings/ If you installed and configured Office SharePoint Server 2007 on a single front-end server, and a user browses to your server, the server will render the content that is in your Web application. However, if you added subsequent front-end servers to your server farm, the newly-added servers will not have ... http://rvarts.co.uk/2009/01/29/configure-alternate-access-mappings/ To take full advantage of the business intelligence capabilities of Office SharePoint Server 2007 you need to start and configure Excel Calculation Services. Instructions for doing this are provided below. Note: Excel Services is only available if you use a product key that activates the Enterprise version of Office SharePoint Server ... http://rvarts.co.uk/2009/01/29/configure-excel-calculation-services/ To configure Single-Sing On follow these steps: Create a new domain service account for running SSO service. Change SSO service's Identity to the new service account form Services console. Add SSO service account as a farm administrator by using "Update farm administrator's group" link from share point central admin. Right click internet explorer shortcut select "Run ... http://rvarts.co.uk/2009/01/29/configure-single-sign-on/ On the Create Site Collection page, in the Title and Description section, in Title, enter a title for the new site. In Description, enter a description of the site collection. In the Web Site Address section, click Create site at this URL, and in URL path click (root). It is most common to ... http://rvarts.co.uk/2009/01/29/create-a-site-collection-for-web-app/ Create a Web application for your SharePoint site On the SharePoint Central Administration home page, click the Application Management tab on the top navigation bar. In the SharePoint Web Application Management section, click Create or extend Web application. On the Create or Extend Web Application page, click Create a new Web Application. On the ... http://rvarts.co.uk/2009/01/29/create-a-web-application-and-site/ All installation files will be in C:\Build\Packages\MOSS 1. Create C:\Build\Packages\MOSS folder structure    2. Copy Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 installation files in C:\Build\Packages\MOSS\Server12    3. Copy SQL Server files to C:\Build\Packages\MOSS\SQLExpress    4. Create C:\Build\Packages\MOSS\Scripts    5. Copy Config.xml from C:\Build\Packages\MOSS\Server12\Files\SetupSilent\ to C:\Build\Packages\MOSS\Server12\    6. Edit this config.xml and replace with your MOSS product key. Leave the rest as is.   Then run C:\Build\Packages\MOSS\Server12\setup.exe /config "C:\Build\Packages\MOSS\Server12\config.xml"  This ... http://rvarts.co.uk/2009/01/29/script-install-moss-2007-with-sql-express/ Once SharePoint has been installed it is time to configure the services and settings for your SharePoint farm, the following post will outline Microsoft Best Practices for doing so.  Notes If you are prompted for your user name and password, you might need to add the SharePoint Central Administration site to the ... http://rvarts.co.uk/2009/01/29/the-sharepoint-central-administrator-configurations/ 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. On the Choose the installation you want page, click Advanced. On the Server ... http://rvarts.co.uk/2009/01/29/sharepoint-2007-server-setup/