Module 4 : Installation

Jong S. Bok (blueexpert@hotmail.com)

Contents

• Installation Considerations for Windows SharePoint Services

• Performing a Quiet Installation• Extending Virtual Servers• Uninstalling Windows SharePoint Services

Choosing a User Account Mode

• Domain account mode– users with existing Microsoft Windows domain accounts

• Active Directory account creation mode– ISP to create unique accounts for customers in Active

Directory service.

• Cannot mix modes• Is a one-time-only choice.• Cannot change user account modes after creating

the configuration database.In Active Directory account creation mode, there

are certain administration tasks that are unavailable in the HTML Administration pages.

Choosing a Database Type

• Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3• Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine (Windows)

(WMSDE), Service Pack 3• By default, WSS installs WMSDE during setup.• Using WMSDE may be more secure than using

SQL Server, because WMSDE cannot be connected to remotely.

• WMSDE is only light usage, a single server• Later, can migrate your data to a SQL Server

database.

Choosing an Authentication Type for SQL Server

• Windows authentication– More secure– Depends on the domain credentials– The username and password are not sent between

servers– Are abstracted through the IIS application pool

• SQL Server authentication– Less secure– The username and password for the database

administrator account are sent– In unencrypted format

Verifying that FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions are not Running on Port 80

• By default installing, verify that FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions are not installed and running on the virtual server on port 80 before you install.

• By default, upgraded from Windows 2000 to Windows Server 2003, FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions were installed to port 80

Contents

• Installation Considerations for Windows SharePoint Services

• Performing a Quiet Installation

• Extending Virtual Servers• Uninstalling Windows SharePoint Services

A quiet (or unattended) installation

• Without any user intervention.• Is never prompted to supply information and

never sees any message.• Can perform a quiet installation from the

command line.• Any output from the Setupsts.exe program is

stored in the log file in the Temp directory of the Microsoft Windows volume.

• To perform, use Setupsts.exe command with the /q command-line option.

Performing a Quiet Installation

• Performing a Quiet Installation with WMSDE

Setupsts.exe /qb+• Performing a Quiet Installation with SQL Server

Setupsts.exe remotesql=yes /q

Contents

• Installation Considerations for Windows SharePoint Services

• Performing a Quiet Installation

• Extending Virtual Servers• Uninstalling Windows SharePoint Services

Introduction

• The process of applying WSS to a virtual server is called extending.

• To extend a new virtual server, must perform the following steps:1. Create the virtual server in IIS.2. If necessary connect to the configuration database for

the server farm.3. Extend the virtual server using HTML Administration

pages or the command line.

• To complete this procedure, must be logged on as a member of the Administrators group on the local computer, or SharePoint administrators group.

How does Extending a Virtual Server Interact with the Database ?

• Configuration database– Maintains connections between servers and content

databases– Stores server settings– Identifies which content is to be provided by which

virtual servers.– Is one configuration database per stand-alone server or

per server farm.

• Content database– Store data from the sites :

• Site management data – user names and permissions• Content – list data and documents

Demo: Create a virtual Demo: Create a virtual serverserver

Demo: Remove Demo: Remove FrontPage Server FrontPage Server ExtensionsExtensions

Contents

• Installation Considerations for Windows SharePoint Services

• Performing a Quiet Installation• Extending Virtual Servers

• Uninstalling Windows SharePoint Services

Choose options

• Remove Windows SharePoint Services from a virtual server and preserve the site content.

• Remove Windows SharePoint from a virtual server and delete the site content.

• Uninstall Windows SharePoint Services completely from a server.

Demo: Remove WSS from Demo: Remove WSS from a virtual servera virtual server