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Installing SharePoint Server 2010 on a development system. Part 2.

April 25, 2010April 25, 2010 Magnus Leave a comment

This is the 2nd part of my post on Installing SharePoint Server 2010 on a development system.

Now it’s time to run the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard.

Click Next.

You will be asked if it is ok to restart certain services during the wizard. Click Yes.

Since we will creating a new server farm, select that option and click Next.

Specify your SQL Server name, the config database name, and the username/password used to connect to the SQL Server. Click Next.

Now, if you don’t have updated your SQL Server 2008 to the latest service pack and/or CU, you will get this error, which leads you to this KB article

In my case, I had SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 installed, but needed the cumulative update package 2. I applied the CU and Ok.

Enter the far passphrase and click Next.

In this step you set the port number used by the Central Administration Web Application. If you don’t have any specific needs, leave it with the default value. You also set whether the authentication provider should be NTLM or Kerberos. Click Next.

Click Next and the Wizard will start its processing.

Click Finish.

Congratulations, your SharePoint Server is installed and configured.

Installing SharePoint Server 2010 on a development system. Part 1

April 24, 2010April 24, 2010 Magnus 1 Comment

Installing SharePoint Server 2010 on a development system. Part 1

In this post I will guide you through the process of setting up a SharePoint Server 2010 development server. The platform I will cover here will be Windows Server 2008 (R2) and not Windows 7. (Which is, in contrast to SharePoint Server 2007, is both doable and supported). Also, I will not cover installing an instance of SQL Server 2008.

When we first insert the media (either a DVD or if you have mounted a downloaded .iso file), you will be greeted by this splash screen:

We will start by clicking the Install software prerequisites. This handy utility will install and configure all the features, components and updates before running the actual SharePoint Server installation.

Click Next to continue

Check to accept and click Next.

When the preparation tool has finished, you will need to restart your system.

Click Finish to do so.

After the re-boot, the prerequisites are all installed and enabled.

Click Finish to continue. You will then have to re-start the SharePoint setup by starting the Splash.hta executable. This time we are ready to install SharePoint by clicking on “Install SharePoint Server”.

Enter your product key and click Continue.

Accept the terms and click Continue.

Since we will be running the SQL Server on a separate system, we select the Server Farm option.

Select the Complete option and click Install Now.

After the installation has completed, you will have the option to run the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard:

Leave it selected and click Close.

How to install Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

August 17, 2009August 17, 2009 Magnus Leave a comment

Download the installation media from Microsoft, or use your supplied DVD media. I recommend you to apply the latest service pack 2 to the media files. Unfortunately, at this time of writing, there are no slipstreamed Service Pack 2 media, but you can follow this guide to make your own.

Start the setup.

Select Complete.

Select Create a new server farm.

Enter the database server name and the Database Access Account

Select the default values.

How to install Windows SharePoint Services v3.0

August 17, 2009August 17, 2009 Magnus Leave a comment

These are the steps for how to install Windows SharePoint Services v3.0

Download Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 with Service Pack 2, either 32bit or 64bit.

Startup the setup executable.

Click Continue.

For this example I will setup my SharePoint as a standalone server with a dedicated SQL Server instance (not SQL Server Express),

so I select Advanced.

Because I don’t want to use SQL Server Express, I select the “Web Front End” option. Yes, it sounds odd, but the other option would install and user SQL Server Express, which I don’t want in this case.

Since I will install MOSS right after this step, I choose to un-check the checkbox and click Ok.

Installing SQL Server 2008 on Windows Server 2008 R2

August 16, 2009August 16, 2009 Magnus 11 Comments

Before you install SQL Server 2008, read this post about installing the pre-requisites on Windows Server 2008 R2. Here’s the guide to installing SQL Server 2008 on Windows Server 2008 R2.

In this example I have also prepared a special SQL Service account named DBService.

Start the setup program.

Select Installation.

Select the New SQL Server stand-alone installation.

When the Setup Support Rules has identified all the rules, click Ok.

Enter your product key and click Next.

If you agree to the License Terms, check the box and click Next.

Click Install.

You will probably get a warning for the Windows Firewall. That is because some ports needs to be opened if you plan to access your SQL Server installation from outside. Read more at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=94001

In this example I will install all features of SQL Server, but for your needs you may select only the features you will need.

If you have no plans of changing the Instance name or the installation root directory, leave those as per default and click Next.

Click Next.

For this example, I will use the same service account for all SQL Server services. So click on “User the same account for all SQL Server services”.

Click Browse.

Enter your SQL Service account and click “Check Names” and then click Ok.

Click Ok.

Click Next.

Click Add Current User, click Add and enter the Administrators user group. Click Next.

If you have selected the Analysis Services, click Add Current User and click Add.. and add the Administrators user group. Click Next.

If you have selected the Reporting Services feature, choose which Reporting Services mode you want to use. In this example I will use the integrated mode. Click Next.

If you want to participate in the error reporting or usage data program, put a checkbox on those. Click Next.

Click Next.

Click Install.

When the Setup Process has finished, click Next.

Finally, click Close.

If you plan to access your SQL Server from an external client, you will have to open some firewall ports.